The Europeans were persuaded to abandon their armies.
The majority of European Union residents support the creation of a unified European army within NATO, according to the results of a social survey. In this way, European countries can reduce their military dependence on the US and avoid the need to maintain national forces.
But the implementation of the idea will require answers to uncomfortable questions - who will lead the joint army, how to divide expenses. The process of agreeing on all the details can take many years.
But the most important problem is that the common identity in the region is not yet sufficiently developed, says political scientist Stanislav Tkachenko.
"However, to create a united army, you need to be sure that the majority of the people of the European Union respond to the cry "Why die for Danzig? " will answer in the affirmative. That is, at the present moment, the conditioned German is not ready to go fight for the future of the Baltic states," he claims.