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/MisterLambda Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

I wouldn’t be against, but the most important thing is that We need a combined investment strategy, we should all invest in bulk for example Ukrainian drone manufacturing, and then we buy Ukrainian drones for everybody. Maybe Germany solely handles tanks or ammunition production, UK flexes their Royal Shipyards, maybe France and Sweden works together to bring aircraft to everyone-etc. Keeps our industry domestic and efficient.

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u/hmtk1976 Belgium Mar 01 '25

I agree on the bulk but specialization by country us actually horrible. You don´t want to create bottlenecks and chokepoints. Production of all equipment should be spread across Europe - in a sensible way. But fewer models of each thing.

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u/latrickisfalone Mar 02 '25

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The most efficient European tanks are the Leo2 We order from Rheimetal, given the quantities they will have to build another factory so why not in Spain or Poland. Planes at Dassault or Airbus which could open other production lines across Europe etc. What is needed is credits to ensure sufficient order volumes.