Änderung der Verteidigungspolitik: Der luxemburgische Armeechef sagt, Europa müsse seine Abhängigkeit von den USA beenden

No shit Sherlock

The Luxembourg army chief is basically saying out loud what’s been obvious since Ukraine: Europe can’t keep outsourcing its hard security to the US and hope that will always work out.

The Benelux would actually be a logical place to start something bigger. They already have a long track record of pooling sovereignty pragmatically (EEC, Schengen, Benelux institutions), and their military’s are small enough that integration would be more efficient than symbolic.

An EU-level force like a European Security Force (ESF) focused strictly on external defense makes sense not as a NATO replacement, but as a way to ensure Europe can act if the US is unwilling, distracted, or politically blocked. pooling logistics, procurement, command, and air/missile defense alone would massively improve readiness.

The real obstacle isn’t capability, it’s political will. Everyone agrees Europe should do more, but no one wants to be first or give up national control. Starting with a few committed states could break that deadlock, just like the early EEC did.

If Europe wants strategic autonomy, it has to stop treating it as a talking point and start building institutions that can actually fight.