Army of the European Union

[Shkembe Chorba]

The European Union will need a common army to bolster its security over the long term after the U.K. follows through on its decision to exit the bloc, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said.
The 28-nation trading pact will need to muster a joint military to face intensifying threats including terrorism, a newly aggressive Russia and the unprecedented influx of refugees from the Middle East and beyond, Sobotka told a gathering of Czech diplomats in Prague Monday. A common EU army shouldn’t compete with NATO but should rather make the EU a “more actionable and reliable partner,” he said.
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Sobotka joins a number of European officials who, following terrorist attacks in Paris and the U.K.’s Brexit vote, have called for greater military integration. The U.K. has in the past preferred to coordinate all military action through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but its departure from the EU may pave the way for Germany and France, who support closer cooperation, to change the approach to security in the bloc. Sobotka said leaders may discuss a joint army at a September meeting of EU leaders.
“I’m convinced that we can’t do without a common European army in the long term,” he said. “I hope that the autumn European summit will bring concrete proposals and pledges.”
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in March 2015 he supported the creation of a European army to show Russia the EU’s members are determined to defend their values. In May, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, was reported to have prepared a defense document that included creating common defense structures via provisions laid out in the bloc’s 2009 Lisbon Treaty, the Times reported. The Commission said in June that there were no plans to propose an EU army.

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[Bezprym]

It will not happen.

[Ülev]

aggressive Russia? or as the new/old ally? you know, Nord Stream, Gerhard Schroeder etc.

[Norka]

[catgeorge]

Not a chance.

Greece is the highest spender in NATO on GDP basis and I do not trust western europeans if muslims decide to invade. In fact all they do is dictate terms to Greece when Greece is drowning in refugees and muslims

They can GAGF

[Profileid]

whats the point?
theyre mostly in nato anyways

[Shkembe Chorba]

whats the point?
theyre mostly in nato anyways

EU army is easier to lead, observe and communication would be better due to common channels and sources. Also, EU would look much more stronger in the eyes of the US, would have more decisive role in the conversations and so on.

[Ülev]

yes, I see how Poles will listen German commands and vice - versa, lol

[Bezprym]

whats the point?
theyre mostly in nato anyways

NATO is an alliance and doesn't interfere in the independence. European Union does and making one army is supposed to lead to the creation of one country. They can fuck off.

[Aëlwenn]

We saw in the famous European solidarity when France intervened in Mali to destroy terrorist bases, which prevent the holding of attacks in Europe (there have been many more that unfortunately those already committed).
No European country has lifting a finger, ah if some instructors for local troops.
European countries except France and the United Kingdom, have to abandon the idea of a national army. They rest on the intervention of these two countries there to fight against terrorism in Syria and Iraq, in the rest of Africa to France, and the French and British nuclear force to deter other countries attack Europe.
So that kind of talk, always from the east also, makes me laugh.