President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for a substantial rise in France’s defence spending over the next two years, citing imminent threats, particularly Russia. “To be free in this world, we need…
Correct me if I’m wrong but couldn’t the EU part of NATO have halted Russia’s “special military operation” in the very beginning, if they had actually decided to go in Ukraine? I seem to recall they didn’t want to go in because of various reasons, but I don’t think lack of military capability was one of them. Instead they decided to trickle in weapons as to “not be involved.” Did anything of significance change so that Europe is suddenly super weak militarily against Russia? I guess Europe is weak against the US, but that’s not quite the framing used.
Correct me if I’m wrong but couldn’t the EU part of NATO have halted Russia’s “special military operation” in the very beginning, if they had actually decided to go in Ukraine? I seem to recall they didn’t want to go in because of various reasons, but I don’t think lack of military capability was one of them. Instead they decided to trickle in weapons as to “not be involved.” Did anything of significance change so that Europe is suddenly super weak militarily against Russia? I guess Europe is weak against the US, but that’s not quite the framing used.