EU needs to get their shit together if they want to be relevant in the emerging world order. Every minute wasted is a gain for forces that seek to undermine the EU. I’m talking before the US and Russia do even more damage to the integrity of elections in the EU.
We will know in one month.
aiart13 on
Europe need to military itself ASAP.
We have enemies to the east, but now to the west as well.
the_holy_blade on
So, the worded statement of intent has been done, now do something please don’t be the usual, undecided, slow and fragmented EU, thanks.
vavik2ammendment on
Let it not end on strongly worded letters this time. Please.
More sanctions is a good start.
AmerikanischerTopfen on
This is ultimately the problem with the EU as an actor – similar to the struggles that led the early United States to ditch the Articles of Confederation and adopt the current constitution. It’s extremely clear what must be done and a 60% supermajority of the European Parliament supports these measures. But none of these goals can be accomplished if any country that disagrees is able to veto.
As a trade bloc and regulatory body for internal matters, the EU continues to be powerful. But as a diplomatic force on the global stage, it still might as well not exist. Even worse: its limited existence gives a lot of countries either the ability to hide behind its inaction – or the sense that they have to wait for the EU to act before they do anything significant on the global stage.
cvzero on
Fear, fear, fear!
Fear always sells and fear always opens pockets.
Business as usual.
bowser85 on
This means literally nothing without real action, real moves to back it up. And today, not after another 10 rounds of symposiums, debates and workshops. Europe’s (not so) strongly worded letters have been a meme for awhile. Don’t talk the talk if you can’t walk the walk, everyone is tired.
Manealendil on
We need a common military and long term need to unite as a single state with federal autonomy it is the only way for us
narullow on
Coming from same people and parties directly responsible for state EU is in, geopolitical irrelevance, decades of anti military and not sufficient defense policies as well as Russian appeasment.
Hillarious. Now everything will change for sure after it did not in 2008 when Russia did its first invasion in Europe, in 2014 when Ukraine was first invaded, or when Trump was first elected in 2016, in 2022 but now, surely it will all change.
nQue on
Good vector direction but WAY too small vector size. They say “we can’t FULLY rely on USA”? Fully? A USA representative have ALREADY said they wouldn’t honor NATO article 5 if we were attacked! And plenty more have hinted that this is actually the case without saying it outright. Therefore we’ve now moved to barely being able to rely on USA at all! This statement by the EU parties was reasonable BEFORE January. This statement is way to way too modest and bland as a reaction to january. We need an EU army now.
paulridby on
I love how they say
When peace negotiations begins
Completely and rightfully dismissing the mockery of a peace talk that happened between the US and Russia.
-------7654321 on
So much to done in terms of security. This is moment to either show leadership or get run down and taken over by far right corrupt parties. The free world is at stake.
ALittleBitOffBoop on
Will the EU have enough money to do so?
LowAd7360 on
Yet another strongly-worded letter.
Give us specifics. What do they mean by ‘establishing a credible and strong deterrence against any aggression towards the EU’? Does every member state gain access to a nuclear arsenal, proportional to their size/population? Does this imply a completely unified EU military that every member state must contribute 50%/80%/100% of all their forces? Are they in favour of a return to a mandatory service model for all males aged 18+? Perhaps a minimum 5% of GDP contribution towards the military?
These useless statements serve absolutely no purpose.
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Europe has also recently imposed new [sanctions](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/19/eu-slaps-new-sanctions-on-russia-amid-donald-trumps-push-for-negotiations).
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EU needs to get their shit together if they want to be relevant in the emerging world order. Every minute wasted is a gain for forces that seek to undermine the EU. I’m talking before the US and Russia do even more damage to the integrity of elections in the EU.
We will know in one month.
Europe need to military itself ASAP.
We have enemies to the east, but now to the west as well.
So, the worded statement of intent has been done, now do something please don’t be the usual, undecided, slow and fragmented EU, thanks.
Let it not end on strongly worded letters this time. Please.
More sanctions is a good start.
This is ultimately the problem with the EU as an actor – similar to the struggles that led the early United States to ditch the Articles of Confederation and adopt the current constitution. It’s extremely clear what must be done and a 60% supermajority of the European Parliament supports these measures. But none of these goals can be accomplished if any country that disagrees is able to veto.
As a trade bloc and regulatory body for internal matters, the EU continues to be powerful. But as a diplomatic force on the global stage, it still might as well not exist. Even worse: its limited existence gives a lot of countries either the ability to hide behind its inaction – or the sense that they have to wait for the EU to act before they do anything significant on the global stage.
Fear, fear, fear!
Fear always sells and fear always opens pockets.
Business as usual.
This means literally nothing without real action, real moves to back it up. And today, not after another 10 rounds of symposiums, debates and workshops. Europe’s (not so) strongly worded letters have been a meme for awhile. Don’t talk the talk if you can’t walk the walk, everyone is tired.
We need a common military and long term need to unite as a single state with federal autonomy it is the only way for us
Coming from same people and parties directly responsible for state EU is in, geopolitical irrelevance, decades of anti military and not sufficient defense policies as well as Russian appeasment.
Hillarious. Now everything will change for sure after it did not in 2008 when Russia did its first invasion in Europe, in 2014 when Ukraine was first invaded, or when Trump was first elected in 2016, in 2022 but now, surely it will all change.
Good vector direction but WAY too small vector size. They say “we can’t FULLY rely on USA”? Fully? A USA representative have ALREADY said they wouldn’t honor NATO article 5 if we were attacked! And plenty more have hinted that this is actually the case without saying it outright. Therefore we’ve now moved to barely being able to rely on USA at all! This statement by the EU parties was reasonable BEFORE January. This statement is way to way too modest and bland as a reaction to january. We need an EU army now.
I love how they say
When peace negotiations begins
Completely and rightfully dismissing the mockery of a peace talk that happened between the US and Russia.
So much to done in terms of security. This is moment to either show leadership or get run down and taken over by far right corrupt parties. The free world is at stake.
Will the EU have enough money to do so?
Yet another strongly-worded letter.
Give us specifics. What do they mean by ‘establishing a credible and strong deterrence against any aggression towards the EU’? Does every member state gain access to a nuclear arsenal, proportional to their size/population? Does this imply a completely unified EU military that every member state must contribute 50%/80%/100% of all their forces? Are they in favour of a return to a mandatory service model for all males aged 18+? Perhaps a minimum 5% of GDP contribution towards the military?
These useless statements serve absolutely no purpose.