{"id":6113,"date":"2024-10-16T17:08:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mephellas.org.gr\/?p=6113"},"modified":"2024-10-16T17:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:08:30","slug":"is-a-european-army-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mephellas.org.gr\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/is-a-european-army-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a European army on the horizon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The MEP conference in Athens has been hit with an ultimatum: the creation of a European Army.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The resolution of the AFET committee has proposed in operative clause 1 the creation of a \u201cEuropean Union Force\u201d that will be \u201ccharged with defending the peace and the security of the European Union\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The BBC went undercover and into depth to figure out the opinion on this clause, and it was quite the result. The perceived vote that we have received is nearly fifty fifty. The nations that have proposed this have a strong voting bloc, which could lead to some interesting moves in the plenary session.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On the other side, multiple amendments have been witnessed gaining traction. These amendments either fully strike the clause, or amend it to make the perceived \u201carmy\u201d as more of a peacekeeping force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Could this be the beginning of Europe\u2019s rise to an international superpower?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Only the plenary session will hold the answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Tom Egan, BBC<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MEP conference in Athens has been hit with an ultimatum: the creation of a European Army. 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