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    Es ist Zeit für Europa, eine geopolitische Macht zu werden, sagt Frankreichs Macron

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    3. OkBandicoot4754 on

      Without the strongest country in Europe – good luck with that. Might meet opposition from your nationalist members.

    4. MethyleneBlueEnjoyer on

      Says this literally as he also says he won’t comment on the Iran situation. Absolutely epic geopolitical power that doesn’t have any opinions on shit going down in its own backyard.

    5. tecdaz on

      Maybe start modest by setting up an EU multinational rapid reaction brigade. Also a naval and air component. Use NATO models and interoperability standards.

      Having even a small force controlled by a different political process to NATO is infinitely more than none at all.

    6. zapreon on

      France is a country that is likely to be ruled by a far-right president in about a year

    7. yesastortas on

      Lol

      Good luck

      Havent been relevant since the Suez canal crisis where the ussr and usa told them to fuck off to the kids‘ table and then spent the next 40+ years depending on the USA.

    8. Uuuuuii on

      Good luck convincing everyone to keep buying Luis Vuitton trash and other ‘luxury’ European brands made in Asia. Europe outsourced their quality standards long ago. That was the one thing they had as an economic differentiator and advantage. Not sure where they expect to outcompete the rest of the world at this point. They squandered centuries of colonialism.

    9. chemistcarpenter on

      IF, and that’s a humongous IF, Europe does manage to become a geopolitical power, it would go down as US’s worst miscalculation in decades. However, the probability of Europe coming together and allocating the massive capital needed…. Slim to none. Or to be realistic, none to none.

    10. dbula on

      Don’t worry France, Poland is leading the way. Just follow their lead for once and it’ll all be good.

    13. Tiptonite on

      Hard to be a geopolitical power when the EU needs consensus from so many disparate nations to take action.

      Hard to be taken seriously when you block the UK from European defence schemes to eke out financial advantages.

      Easy to ignore when you make this speech every other week.

    14. OttersWithPens on

      Macron is an opportunist who has been looking for a way to seize power within the EU for years, even if he is right

    15. OkCelebration6408 on

      lol, then a few months later another EU country will pass unrealized gains tax

    16. Aggravating-Coat-518 on

      The time for talking about these things is already up, it was up years ago. We’ve been talking about these same things for years. Now that the wolf is at the door and ready to blow our houses down, we should have sufficiently built up our military power to deal with it.

      I can see the gears turning in my own country, but Europe is a blindspot. I hope they’ve got something in the pipeline to back all this talk up.

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