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Finland is a member of the EU, and benefits from the mutual defence pact that EU membership brings. An attack on a single EU nation is to invite war with all E
by Spare_account 4y ago
Finland is a member of the EU, and benefits from the mutual defence pact that EU membership brings.
An attack on a single EU nation is to invite war with all EU nations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Po...
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> an attack on a single EU nation is to invite war with all EU nations This is far from settled. Legally, the EU's mutual defence pact [1] has a lot of outs. What counts as "armed aggression"? "Aid and assist[ance]"? "In [one's] power"? Contrast that to NATO's Article V [2]. "Armed attack" is clearly defined in Article VI and includes no wiggle room on what counts or doesn't count as aggression. "Will assist" is unconditional. (There is the "as it deems necessary" bit.) Most pointedly, NATO trains and strategises together. European common defence is much less organized. " [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/mutual-defence-clause.html https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/mutual-d... [2] https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.ht...
- jgilias 4y agoSure. But even if Germany falters, the Baltics, the EU Nordics (maybe even Norway though), as well as Poland will be there as soon as it would be possible.
- arroz 4y agoI think this is not considered a threat to Russia, probably because Russian and Finnish society are too different anyway. Also Finnish land sucks, they don’t get anything of value except for a buffer zone (which is what they claim they want but they have nukes so they don’t really need it)