German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the
creation of a “real, true” European army while addressing MEP’s at the European
parliament Strasbourg on November 13th 2018.
Little if any of the call was reported in the UK press as
Brexit chaos dominated the news there. She was echoing a similar call by her
French counterpart President Macron to “protect ourselves with respect to
China, Russia and even the United States of America.” It cites the army’s function
as engaging in external operations and missions.
The move to supplant NATO has led to friction with US
President Trump who has recently taunted the French Macron about his failing popularity
and political pressure from angry protesting and rioting French citizens over
living standards.
As Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron mull over
plans to conquer the woes of the world, Paris is burning and the ADF in Germany
marches on and on towards taking power.
We were told it would never happen. We were told Europe’s
leaders have no appetite for such a plan. We were told to trust the EU that it
had no ambitions to become a powerful Superstate giving itself the right to intervene
militarily in international missions and operations.
Now the plans are set in motion. 27 countries are involved.
Each are designated contracts in creating the newest and possibly one of the mightiest
armies since Germany’s Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht teamed up with Italy’s Benito
Mussolini in 1940.
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| Two scenes. Left Adolf Hitler surveys maps with Benito Mussolini at the Wolfs lair Poland August 1941 and the perceived confrontation between allies at the G7 Meeting Canada June 2018. image US archive and G7 handout. |
The EU call to produce arms is listed from PESCO as:
LAND, FORMATIONS, SYSTEMS
(Euro Artillery) Slovakia,
Italy/ Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Amphibious
Assault Vehicle / Light Armoured Vehicle Italy, Greece, Slovakia/ Indirect
Fire Support (Euro Artillery)
Slovakia, Italy/ Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)
Estonia, Belgium, Czechia,
Spain, France, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Finland/ EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield
Missile Systems
France, Belgium, Cyprus
MARITIME
Maritime (semi-) Autonomous Systems
for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM)
Belgium, Greece, Latvia,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania/
AIR, SYSTEMS
European Medium Altitude Long
Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems – MALE RPAS (Euro drone) Germany,
Czechia, Spain, France, Italy/ European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III France,
Germany, Spain/
CYBER, C4ISR
Strategic Command and Control
(C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations
Spain, France, Germany,
Italy, Portugal/ European High
Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability
Italy, France/ Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability
Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR)
Cooperation
Czechia, Germany
SPACE
European Military Space
Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)
Italy, France/
The EU
has always been accused of backroom dealing to advance the federalist dream
of an armed Superstate. They have always said they put the Union and its
citizens first. Somehow building an army to defend the Union against those who
liberated it. Russia, the US and possibly a post Brexit UK hardly sounds like an
Ode to Joy.
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