Five EU countries call for new military “structure”

EU Observer ^ | 11/16/2012 @ 09:26 | Andrew Rettman

[Olog-hai]

Five leading EU countries, but not the UK, have said the Union needs a new military “structure” to manage overseas operations.

The foreign and defense ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain issued the call in a joint communiqué after a meeting in Paris on Thursday (15 November). The paper says: “We are convinced that the EU must set up, within a framework yet to be defined, true civilian-military structures to plan and conduct missions and operations.” …

The communiqué also calls for more “pooling and sharing” of EU defense hardware in the context of crisis-related budget cuts. It identifies “space, ballistic missile defense, drones, air-to-air refueling, airlift capacities, medical support to operations (and) software defined radio” as pooling areas. …

[EEGator]

So the EU is getting into the nation building business as well. What could go wrong with nation building in Africa?

[GeronL]

What is it with leftists?

The EU is weak and floundering and they always think the answer is more powerful, more centralized government.

[Olog-hai]

Remember that this is a “beneficial crisis”.

[GeronL]

never let a crisis go to waste.

Yeah I know. Still...

[Olog-hai]

They’re stockpiling gold, possibly to relaunch the euro as a gold-backed currency (the world at large hasn’t lost confidence in it yet) or perhaps relaunch the Deutsche mark (which the Bundesbank has been printing). They have always wanted a united military, even going way back to the late 50s.

[GeronL]

I am sure that Napolean also wanted a united military.

[OldNewYork]

Is that confirmed yet or still just rumor, the printing of marks?

[Olog-hai]

I don’t think that Philippa Malgren would bother spreading rumors, but anything is possible.

[OldNewYork]

Thanks for the link. Her, “I think...” sounds like speculation, even if it is from a credible source, though it may well be true. I wouldn’t bet on the Euro, anyway.