Britain will veto EU army, says Defence Secretary OK, here's the deal. For two decades everyone in the EU has been talking about the need to improve cooperation in defense. Some limited success has been achieved in that regard. For instance, some military units have been created, although they've never been engaged in actual military action.
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Once they are out, of course, the point will be moot and the EU can make whatever kinds of mistakes it wants to, all on their own.
Why the military of France or Germany would want to tie themselves to the politics of Hungary or Portugal is beyond me. Why, for that matter, a Danish or Greek soldier would be enthusiastic about fighting under the command of a Belgian is equally curious. But that is just ol' Euro-skeptical me.
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But it is all to do with the mission, I suppose.
(Though the French withdrawal from NATO for four decades sort of begs another question, and rather agrees with some parts of your comment.)
I reckon the EU could justifiably regard that a Combined European Armed Force had a mission, and maybe might sell such an idea to Greek folk (who probably could do with the job-creation benefits) and even the Danes. A bit of a shame that we are not involved. It is always best to be comrades-in-arms with the French and Germans when they're being the good guys. For a given value of good, of course.
C'est la vie... c'est la guerre... c'est la pomme de terre.
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