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Obviously, but we can’t have a unified army or defence force without it. Countries close to a conflict will want to use the army to defend their people, while those further away will try to prevent their people from being involved.
Neither is wrong, because we are not a federation and our individual countries are still more important than the union as a whole.
We can’t afford to start a real war with them because they control far too much of our technology. Yes, we could threaten to block their access to our markets but what if they don’t change their behaviour? Do we go through with it? Some of their services are critical to our daily lives and just one day without a few of them and entire systems would collapse.
EDIT: Big tech corporations like Google are more powerful than governments. While they are not invulnerable to sanctions, we may lose as much or more than they do if we take drastic action without viable alternatives.
The EU can fine them for things like this but it won’t make much difference. To provoke long term change, we need a way to block them from our countries and that’s impossible.
Yes, those 4 billion are definitely real and not made up. The people of Chile will be very grateful to Amazon for their generosity! /s
Sorry, I was too vague with my comment. The truth is that I don’t know what the right way is, but as the article says, Germany still needs the US to agree to let them buy the missiles. Any time I see a European diplomat visiting the White House to negotiate with the US, I think “What are we giving up next?” because I don’t really trust them to keep their word on any deal.
Once again, I really do understand that Germany needs to improve its defences, but I don’t think this will go down as their government thinks it will.
Let’s hope so. Creating a better, more united Europe would be truly amazing. The whole “Country A vs Country B” mentality within our union is stupid and only makes us weaker.
This approach works in times of peace and prosperity, but when a crisis emerges, we drown in pointless discussions instead of addressing the issue.
Yes, it’s impossible to get every country to agree on something like this. We can’t even agree on simple topics, and even if we did, there’d be nothing to stop future governments from acting differently.
The whole concept of the EU needs to be reworked so that it has a central government with greater authority over its member countries.
I understand Germany’s struggles but this is not the way…
While I would love to see an EU army, I don’t think it’s realistic. Unfortunately most countries are too culturally and ideologically different, and this would never work in the long term. What would happen if an anti-EU party took control of a member country? What if one country objects to the European army being used in a specific operation?
We’ve seen countless times when an EU member has sabotaged the entire union or made specific things more difficult because, in their opinion, it would go against their country’s interests.
We are not the United States of Europe. Many older people do not share a sense of European pride, and sometimes even hate their neighbouring countries.
The size of SUVs in Europe is getting out of control! I swear most of them wouldn’t even fit on the streets in my hometown! Even worse, it’s becoming dangerous to own a normal car because, if you get in an accident with one of these SUVs, your car’s safety features will be completely overwhelmed by these monstrosities.
No way that building huge data centres for what is obviously an AI bubble will cause major problems in a few years, right?
Why would the idol-like statue, made for a person worshiped by his followers who are part of a group with cult-like tendencies, be considered an idol?
No way! The meat industry would never do that. It’s definitely the people’s fault for not recycling properly!
Thank you, I learned something new today.
We initially tried TeamSpeak and Mumble, but found that they were too different from Discord. We then tried Stoat, but it was too unstable at the time, and sending and viewing messages was difficult, so we moved to Fluxer, where we have been for the last week. Both seem to be solid projects, but they are suffering from infrastructure issues due to the sudden high demand. Check them both out and see which one your group likes the best.
Exactly! If you care about your data, this is the last straw for Discord. My friends and I moved to a new platform, and everyone should do the same.
This weird government obsession with giving private companies their users’ personal IDs is so infuriating…
No, I don’t think so. I don’t think they would ever abandon the EU market. I was thinking more along the lines of a “malicious compliance” approach, where they would make it more difficult for us to access certain services.
Please note that I am not against fining and fighting Google and other big tech companies. Sorry if my comments make it seem like I am.