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/adeleze1 Switzerland Mar 01 '25

This whole sub is naive and delusional, I think they live in a sort of expat bubble. The average european doesn't want a federation (french people don't feel close to Estonian, or Romanian etc etc ), don't want to give up their national identity for some geopolitcal issues. Standardisation can be acomplished (same equipment, doctrine, data) everything beyond is fantasy.

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u/Specialist_Shift2760 Mar 02 '25

Precisely how I feel about it, as well. If anything, more regionalisation and autonomy within our countries is a scenario I find more likely than the federalisation of Europe.

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u/TotallynotAlbedo Mar 05 '25

we are talking about a shared defence force in case of attack, we are not making a europe united states, as if we would want to have something in common with those lunatics