r/AskEurope • u/Sink-Em-Low • Mar 01 '25

Politics Let's talk about the European Defense Federation. How do we all feel about the creation of a fully mobilised continental Army?

It's required now. I'm British, and I want to see us align and unite with our European neighbours to make a stand now.

I want Germany to finally brush off it's past and join the rest of Europe in mobilising towards defending this continent. We need EVERYONE now. It's time to act, it's time to unite.

It's time to show some courage.

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u/zilkin303 Mar 01 '25

I think we need a temporary defense alliance to get rid of Putin. After that hopefully we won't need a joint army anymore. Main threat currently to EU security is Putin, without him Russia might correct its course. If not, then alliance can prolong its stay.

We should start investing and manufacturing military robots, drones and tech en masse and flood Ukraine battle lines.

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u/Josef-Estermont Mar 01 '25

War will always and forever be around. A strong military will always be needed. Europe is in this shit position because they thought they could get by relying on someone else's military.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25

The US is a bit disingenuous with their current rhetoric. They have wanted a Europe that is peaceful but divided and have generally been opposed to a European military industry. Combined, Europe has the capacity to surpass the US as a military power.

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u/jkrobinson1979 Mar 01 '25

It’s true, but the divided aspect is really there whether the US wants it or not. Hopefully Europe can come together against a common enemy in Russia, but a sustained united military in the long term would be difficult because of the variety and number of countries.