A European military intervention force
Nine countries are to sign up for Macron's military initiative.
As written in EUobserver on June 25.
French defence minister Florence Parly told Le Figaro in an interview ahead of a joint EU defence and foreign minister in Luxembourg on Monday that nine countries - France, Germany, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Estonia, Spain and Portugal - would sign a 'letter of intent' supporting the European Intervention Initiative, championed by French President Emmanuel Macron, creating a European military intervention force and including the UK after Brexit.
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The European Union, alongside the US, China and India, is one of the four major markets in the world. When one knows that a market needs militarily protection for safety and peace, and one then compares the military power of the four, the size of the military intervention unit of President Macron seems puny. This makes this initiative all the more necessary, it is just a beginning.
The opposite mismatch is Russia. With its small market and a gigantic military apparatus on our borders, this aggressive and disproportionate presence makes implementation of Macron's idea even more urgent. With Trump retiring, as long as the EU is weak, we are tempting Russia. An unhealthy situation.
The European Union, alongside the US, China and India, is one of the four major markets in the world. When one knows that a market needs militarily protection for safety and peace, and one then compares the military power of the four, the size of the military intervention unit of President Macron seems puny. This makes this initiative all the more necessary, it is just a beginning.
The opposite mismatch is Russia. With its small market and a gigantic military apparatus on our borders, this aggressive and disproportionate presence makes implementation of Macron's idea even more urgent. With Trump retiring, as long as the EU is weak, we are tempting Russia. An unhealthy situation.
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