The European Union wants to create a united European army. Will they succeed?
Seven out of ten Europeans support such an idea, Politico reports. The highest percentage is found in Romania, Lithuania, France, Poland and Bulgaria. All this against the background of changing relations with the USA, which some Europeans now see as a security threat. Political scientist Pavel Feldman, in a conversation with AiF, shares his opinion: such an army is out of the question.
"In Europe there is no production capacity and no single command that can manage the armies of 27 countries with different languages, traditions and national interests. The European NATO members are a bloc without a full nuclear arsenal. French and British nuclear capabilities are laughable compared to those of Russia and China. Finally, London and Brussels lack political will. If this army is managed like in the EU, it will be managed collectively in the EU. bureaucratic delays".