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[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the EU military

This isn't a thing. I mean yes we do have like 60 000 soldiers in some rapid reaction force, but there is no "EU military" to speak of.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

France has the third largest navy on earth, bro.

[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's the French Navy, not the "EU military". The EU is not a military alliance, there is really no EU military to speak of, just the militaries of member states who may or may not have any intention or capability of aiding others. Like I said, there are about 60 000 "EU soldiers" under the Common Security and Defence Policy, but they're more for peacekeeping missions.

NATO is pretty much the closest thing there is to an EU military, as a huge percentage of the member states belong to it as well.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 2 months ago

The EU has a mutual defence clause, if an outside nation attacked a member then the French Navy would be EU Navy. The only exception to this would be inter-member conflicts.