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I'll add one more thing to this topic.
President Sauli Niinistö (Finland) brought up the idea of the EU's joint military forces on several occasions. Between the years... let's say 2013 and 2020. Unfortunately, the big EU countries didn't warm to this idea (France, Germany, Great Britain), not to mention the small ones (who are so called freeloaders in NATO). Why? 1.) They saw NATO (= USA?) as sufficient, 2.) they did not want to create a dual organization, 3.) they did not believe that Europe could face a real war today. If they had agreed and if Europe had created its defense system/units/troops/weapons (strong enough so that even the Russians wouldn't try stupid things)... I doubt Finland would not be a NATO member today.
Even Russian own media admits that Russia created the border problem (which caused Finland to close all the border crossing points December 2023)
https://theins.ru/en/amp/politics/267911
It is (and has been) always this way. Finns simply want to live in peace, but be also independent to make their own decisions.
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