Lo Spazio economico europeo (SEE) comprende 32 territori speciali degli Stati membri dell’UE e dell’EFTA: non difenderne uno metterebbe sicuramente in discussione la sicurezza degli altri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_territories_of_members_of_the_European_Economic_Area
di Ardent_Scholar
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Would we allow Trump (or Putin) to ”Venezuela” these territories… or would we protect them from his aggression?
**9 Outermost Regions**
Azores, Canary Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Réunion, Madeira, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint Martin
**13 Overseas Countries and Territories**
Aruba, Bonair, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Greenland, New Caledonia, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Wallis and Futuna
**10 Special Cases**
Åland, Büsingen am Hochrhein, Campione d’Italia, Ceuta, Faroe Islands, Heligoland, Livigno, Melilla, Mount Athos, United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
Key difference with the Venezuelan case: all these territories are part of or associated with a bigger entity (a country).
EEA is purely economic (like its name says)
On the other had EU membership means you belong to an economic, trade and political union too
where does it fall when EU countries make agreement with non-EU countries that are threatening EU countries with war?
Yeah I don’t care for France colonies.
Fuck imperialist states including ours
They didn’t defend the Falklands
Why should you as a country expect military support when you’ve only joined a purely economic union?
sounds like a late stage de-colonization
Together the European Union rivals the US militarily. Seperated, no European nation would last a week fighting them