Oh, yeah, that. A mere detail. A closer reading reveals this gem:
"That means we now have a legal framework for a European Defence Union, we have a joint planning process, so that as Europeans we can also develop a structure that tells us when we are going to use our forces.”
This is, in essence, a plan to create a plan that they don't have yet to use an army that they don't have yet either. All this while Germany will not even allocate 1.2% of its GNP to defense. I'm thinking it will be a while before they're rolling through the Fulda gap to besiege Moscow. Again.
Damn shame. When I was in the Cold War Army the German tankers were every bit the equal of us Americans and the Brits. My how times have changed. I guess Frau Merkel doesn’t need an army because she wouldn’t dare fight the Russians - they would turn off her gas.