Italy pushes for EU army as Rome-Moscow diplomatic rift deepens

Italy pushes for EU army as Rome-Moscow diplomatic rift deepens



by goldstarflag

11 comments

  1. *The risk of an expansion of the bloody conflict triggered by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” he said, “requires us to adapt our military tools and build a common European defense force*

    Exactly. Relying on the US is not a plan.

  2. I am a strong proponent of an EU military but this looks vague again.  Nothing will happen with an EU army until someone says something concrete in terms of practical structure.

  3. We need a cost effective way to contain Russian aggression. That doesn’t mean that we need to be a world power. A European army is a good way forward.

  4. No thanks. Keep the militaries separate so no pro Russian election winners can ever veto the deployment of any forces other than their own. No point in creating a single point of failure to the alliance. As long as the militaries are independent, a coalition of the willing can be formed of whichever set of countries have governments willing to defend each other at the moment.

  5. What a surprise! The far right comes to power and realizes Russia is our true enemy, neither Brussels nor Washington…

  6. Wasn’t Germany pushing for an EU aircraft carrier like a decade ago as well? (I know it didn’t happen any why but it’s still interesting to think about)

  7. As long as such an army would be used as a defense force on EU territory and against external powers exclusively, this might theoretically be a good idea.

    But of course they‘d use it for „interventions“ or even „preemptive strikes“ abroad as well, so regarding the practical consequences, we should better oppose this.

  8. One thing is for sure is that Europe either gets serious with giving Ukraine the means to stop and destroy Putin, or they’ll be doing it themselves.

    Putin absolutely won’t stop until he is stopped so time to make a decision.

  9. Maybe I don’t like the Italian government, but since I took office, it has been involved in the issue.

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