Seanus: U have such grandiose notions, like many European bureaucrats BB. The practicalities would be vastly different to what u envisage.
Will you believe that the founders of the European Union had the same unbelieving, mockery and ridicule to endure?
And what is an army against the project of the EU...when the beaureaucrats already thrive with this...:)
Seanus: There's no real need for a European Army, just more assurances that we act collectively when we need to, assigning our own national troops to serve.
Yes, when Brits or Poles decide to help out the US in Iraq or when the Germans decide to help out in Afghanistan...but what about european matters?
What if there comes a time where the world will regroup in new power blocks?
Europe needs to be one of those or it will be trampled upon....
When Europe is attacked it would be to our advantage if we already have a staff, head quarter, all the blood lines needed to be an effective army, in place, not watching on like a deer caught in the headlights, telephoning wildly around...
A core is already build, quite small now but it grows: Euro Corps
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...Eurocorps is a multinational army corps within the framework of European Union and NATO common defence initiatives. Headquartered in Strasbourg, France, the force was established in 1992 and declared operational in 1995, though it draws from European defence initiatives as far back as the 1960s.[1]
Six countries participate in Eurocorps as "framework nations": France, Germany, Belgium (from 1993), Spain (from 1994), Luxembourg (from 1996)[2] and Poland (from 2008). A further seven countries have pledged troops or contribute operational staff: Austria, Turkey, Greece, the United Kingdom, Finland, Italy and the Netherlands. Most of these countries are members of the EU (with the exception of Turkey) and of NATO (with the exception of Finland and Austria).
Eurocorps comprises approximately 1,000 soldiers stationed in Strasbourg and up to 60,000 troops pledged for deployment in EU or NATO rapid-response missions.[3] The nucleus of the force is the Franco-German Brigade established in 1987...
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