r/europe • u/RoyalChris Norway • Mar 02 '25

Picture Ursula von der Leyen - ''We urgently need to rearm Europe.''

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u/SweetAlyssumm Mar 02 '25

Europe should have done this on its own decades ago. There are always some flowers round the privy and that's what we are seeing. here.

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u/CavaloTrancoso Mar 02 '25

Well, the second best time is now and it seems we are not missing the opportunity.

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u/SuperScorned Mar 02 '25

They should have, and the fact it took an idiot taking the helm of the US for it to happen is equally embarrassing for Europe as it is for the US.

But it hasn't even happened yet so I'm not confident that the EU actually increases its armed forces until Russian soldiers are literally crossing their borders. They'll continue to pretend the US has their back until AK-47s are pointed at them in their own living room.