you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 1 point 1 year ago

The rest of Europe doesn't want to take on the burden of an independent foreign/defense policy.

Western European countries get to enjoy their peace dividend while not needing to answer to their public about foreign policy. Eastern Europe is scared that Russian aggression is going to include their countries.

France is probably the only EU nation that can self deploy an expeditionary force or project power beyond its borders. France is also the only EU nation with a nuclear deterrent.

  • source
  • parent