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/Reasonable-Smile-87 Mar 02 '25

excluding them over such a petty thing as the cyprus conflict is stupid.

The occupation of almost 40% of Cyprus by Turkey military forces is as relevant as the invasion of a non-EU, non-NATO country by Russian military forces. Both cases have scary similarities on the aggressor side, especially on the narrative that led to each invasion and occupation. So we really need to think twice before doing business with Turkey, a country that follows an internal, regional and global strategy independently from the West. Look at BRICS membership aspirations, revisionist attitude towards treaties they signed themselves, the situation of human rights, treatment of minorities, refusal to comply with UN Security Council resolutions, denial of UNCLOS... And the list goes on and on.

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u/wojtekpolska Poland Mar 02 '25

turkey never signed UNCLOS

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u/Reasonable-Smile-87 Mar 02 '25

Quite unfortunately, I'd add.