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Because the EU in itself is a pact of no agression between european countries? Before that it was a fuckfest, name a country in Europe who hasn't been invaded
by tough 5y ago
Because the EU in itself is a pact of no agression between european countries?
Before that it was a fuckfest, name a country in Europe who hasn't been invaded at some point in time by a neighbouring state
- throwaway894345 5y agoYou missed the point. How do you know that it was membership in the EU and not membership in NATO that deterred aggression? NATO predates the EU by a long time and there hasn't been war between NATO members or military aggression by a non-NATO European country against a NATO European country. A non-aggression pact without NATO enforcement is easily broken.
- akoncius 5y agoI’m not OP, but I will offer my point of view: NATO is only defence in military sense from external threats. Internal relationships are much broader: trade, laws, internal politics, multi-country alignment towards same goals, even goal definition etc. there is european parliament where representatives from all member countries gather and discuss a lot of different topics. none of that provides NATO.