The EU army is born. Five thousand units and a “space shield”
The European Union will soon have its own army. Important news for future geopolitical strategies. It will be called – reads the Republic – “Eu Intervention Force”. It will be able to count on 5,000 men and a “Space Shield”. It will have its operational base in Brussels, with the decisions that will be taken by a majority. Thus, the European Defense is born. Or at least a first sprout of a European army. Which was planted in the ” Strategic compass “, the document that the European High Representative Josep Borrell will present in the first days of November. According to the latest draft, delivered last Wednesday on the eve of the summit of both Union and NATO defense ministers, therefore the procedure that was launched in September by the President of the Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen.
Already at the end of November – continues Repubblica – the platform will be examined by the so-called “jumbo” Council, which brings together the ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs. And then the final go-ahead is expected at the European Council in March 2022. The entire defensive architecture is based on cooperation with NATO and on the concept of “prevention”. In particular with regard to so-called hybrid threats. In the draft this chapter is titled: “Countering Hibrid Threats”. Russia and China are not explicitly mentioned, but the reference is implicitly evident. Because there is a constant call for the manipulation of information and the risk suffered by democracies in the “Cyborg” operations. This contingent will have to be ready by 2025.
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