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Presumably it would be in the interest of the EU to prevent coups within their member states, so the EU Army would defend against them. That would have the adv
by djrogers 5y ago
Presumably it would be in the interest of the EU to prevent coups within their member states, so the EU Army would defend against them.
That would have the advantage of removing the most common source of coups - a corrupt military leadership.
- dotancohen 5y agoAnd when Germany is no longer satisfied with Greek loan defaults due to the Greeks simply not taxing their population? Do you think that Germany will let Greece tank the Euro without exhausting every option on the table, including replacing Greek politicians if necessary? If this sound far-fetched to you I implore you to look at the last decades' relations between the countries.
- dwighteb 5y agoI’m not against an EU military in principle, so my question isn’t loaded, but genuine curiosity. What would prevent an EU Army from possibly forming a corrupt military leadership?
- dotancohen 5y agoIt's a good question, and probably has no good answer. As it is, a current corrupt European military is constrained to a single nation, and would have to coup that nation before conquering the continent. There would be no such natural constraint for a unified EU military.