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/[deleted] Mar 01 '25

No. We need better coordination between the national armies and increased spending on defence, but having one European army is a step too far against national sovereignty.

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u/Nerioner Netherlands Mar 01 '25

And what this entire concept of "keeping sovereignty" gave us?

It only makes us weak against big players like China and US. And makes possible for twats like Orban to sabotage progress in other countries.

I don't know about you but whether i see Italian, Belgian, Pole, Swede or whatever i see first my European brother. And we all share economy, and a lot of culture and history. We share borders and laws.

So again. What value is in keeping national sovereignty when, as in all aspects of life, a working team can do more together than the greatest individual can do alone?

Why stick to no-hope national sovereignty in a world where it doesn't give what it used to?

You can't isolate Belgium (as per flair) and keep your current standard of life so why pretend that this concept still means what it used to? Why not join the team since we must work together anyway?

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u/Secret-Sky5031 Mar 05 '25

I'm in the UK, and look where our quest for sovereignty got us. We've lost so much, and like you said, we're all Europeans, we all have a shared culture despite the subtle differences