We voted for Brexit - we don’t want anything to do with the EU or their defence

RE: EU Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), difficult to argue with this concise summary:

Our mission over the next weeks is to “De-Mystify” 🌠UK’s involvement in EU Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)

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Trouble in Paradise:
EU states are at odds over new “defence bonds” proposal;

- EU27 want to reduce reliance on USA ⚔
- But they clash over the EU being in charge of defence🚨

Our advice to UK govt: stay out – even EU27 don’t know what they want!🤔

Less Fun Fact:
Govt still keen for UK to be involved in this new EU Defence sinkhole of €100bn 😭

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Fun Fact:
Thx to Brexit, UK literally dodged a bullet on EU integrated Defence AND more EU debt! 🧯

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Fun Fact:
EU Commissioner for Industry (French, unsurprisingly) proposes €100bn on EU defence “investment” 🚨

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Rejoice

EU dithering as always... Sanctions?

🚨 Brexit Benefit! 🚨

Gotcha?

🚨Labour Seeks EU Defence Deal! 🚨
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Long argument in the comments in this one about the directive that slowed defence development.

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TL:DR - Spirit of the law, not the letter.

Spirit of the law is towards EU integration

Remoaners said (still say?) the EU Army idea 🇪🇺 would never happen because the EU is 'too disorganised'...

Unclear how a 'disorganised' EU in charge of anything (let alone defence) is a good thing 🤔

This seems a step in the right direction!

Veterans for Britain It isn't 'sleepwalking', it's deliberate. The pro EU mindset in politicians and civil servants continues to be prevalent.

Unfortunately the lack of imagination on EU defence threatens to erode the UK’s national security. 🚒 5/5

If we’re perfectly honest, the stance of both political parties can be kindly described as “sleepwalking” into an EU Defence Force. 😴 1/5

1 – The EU Battlegroups are mostly untested, with very little experience🧯 (2/5)

That second point:

Split foreign policy makes an EU army totally unworkable🤯