@MarvinTheMartian
4/4

The same of course for the Air Force. For the Navy, it is different, because also bigger countries should find out how to manage multi-national task forces without the US Navy.

@MarvinTheMartian
3/4

Smaller countries can’t just hope to rely on the bigger countries for that.

Why? Because, they may simply withdraw, like the USA.

A Bardella, a Farage, a Weidel will come to help? For sure #Italy’s Meloni won’t (even if Italy is somewhat good with these capabilities). And we are just an election away for #France, #UK or #Germany to do not come either.

@MarvinTheMartian
2/4

3- General Commands at least at the Corps level, with their own Staff and support troops (Logistics and Signal Brigades for example), that can deploy the brigades that the national armies may provide.

This is something that bigger European countries already have, but smaller countries (those whose armies are smaller than like 60.000 troops) should build by making alliances among themselves.

@MarvinTheMartian
1/4

WHAT AN EUROPEAN DEFENCE FORCE NEEDS THE MOST

This video shows how much stuff Europe can actually produce on its own, and it will come handy for people managing the EU Rearm plan.

But what Europe needs the most, imo, and it is maybe even cheaper (financially, even if not politically):

1- a Common political-military Defense Council that can make decisions on military policies

2- a military General Staff that helps executing them

@Ezpen @alexlunaview

It's a long way for the EU to become a defense union

anyway, an European #NATO wouldn't be enough, since countries will still be able to quietly opt out from it (as the USA is doing now)

the #EU needs a common defense force, but the only way I see it coming is if some countries (for example the #Nordics or the #Baltics) form smaller common defense forces, which may grow with other countries joining later: in a similar way as the EU, Schengen, the Euro were established

@stephie_hamburg Doch, das wurde sehr wohl alles „wahrgenommen“.
Zur letzten Wahl Orbans habe ich eine Doku auf #Arte gesehen, in der die faschistischen und illiberalen Tendenzen klar offengelegt wurden.
Die #EU Regularien haben allerdings nicht viel in der Hand, etwas dagegen zu tun.
Ich erwarte von der #deutschen Bundesregierung, #frankreich , #Polen , #Benelux , den #Baltics und #Nordics auf nationaler Ebene endlich ein klares NEIN gegen #Orban .

Eyo, that #Euro #Latin connect needs to get up and going.

The #EU should definetely be reaching out to #LatinAmerica, and Latin America should definetely be reaching out to the EU - as well as the #baltics, the #nordics, etc.

Trade must be done, but quality must be kept. Increasing the living and production #standards so that #Europe is happy (by synchronizing those friggin #regulations) means that we can open up the #trade valves.

Let the yankies eat pink slime.
No offence, @georgetakei .