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I like the idea, but if you think about it, it would take a major EU reform to work. In the current state with every country having its own veto an European army will not be able to be deployed anywhere. We had this one with Hungary being a Russian puppet under Orban. We didn’t manage to provide normal aid to Ukraine due to Orbans veto. An European army would face the same problems.
I mean if it gets implemented it will get the duty to actually like… you know defend its own member states. There would be no coordination or possibility to veto in this case. A veto could only be a problem if we tried to send the EU army somewhere outside of the member states and have them take on a mission there
Would it defend every state? Or would the big countries make concessions to avoid a military conflict? With or without a veto right.
By the way EU already had a mutual defense pact. A single military would increase effectiveness but remove member’s state ability to defend themselves.
If the treaty says the military would react to any attack of a member stack with duty to defend all, the countries wouldn’t get to vote on it. Only for outward missions this would be needed
If a military attack is not negotiated away as I mentioned.
Link for those who don’t like politico: https://europediplomatic.com/2026/04/10/spain-sanchez-calls-for-european-army/
Why don’t you just post this link instead?
I did.
Where though?
👆 Right up there.
Do I really have to spell it out like for a five year old?
Why did you not post the link you commented instead of the Politico-link?
Because to me Politico is good enough. I did however add a second link for people with an aversion to politico, as a courtesy.
I get that you don’t like politico, but that’s not my problem. I post links that I find interesting. You don’t have to read them. You can even block me to avoid seeing any of my links. That’s fine, I don’t mind.
I strongly disagree with the idea of “Only sources that I find acceptable should be allowed”. You don’t have to agree, and nobody is stopping you from posting your own content. I won’t even complain about your sources, I promise.
I mean, I think I remember a comment of yours stating you’d only use Politico if you couldn’t find another source on a matter.
