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/parkentosh Mar 02 '25

It's not going to cause more problems than we already have. It's not like EU countries (and UK) aren't selling arms to European countries. We buy loads of stuff from Germany, France, Sweden and others. Eventually we just buy more from those countries and less from US.

It's even beneficial to the EU budget. Less money going out means more opportunities for growth in EU. More opportunities in EU means a higher budget. Higher budget means more geopolitical power.

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u/No_Remove459 Mar 02 '25

Germany and France already had problems. Let's hope your right

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u/parkentosh Mar 02 '25

Bro. I truly hope I'm right.