In November 2018 German chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that they would support the creation of a European army. Ms. Merkel said that the EU should rely less on the U.S. for military support and that “Europeans should take our fate more into our own hands if we want to survive as a European community.” Ms. Merkley said the army would not oppose NATO. President Marcon said the army is needed to protect the EU against China, Russia and the United States. Proponents argue that the EU lacks a united defence force to handle sudden conflicts outside of NATO. Opponents question how the army would fund itself since many EU countries spend less than 2% of their GDP on defence.
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Response rates from 482 Right voters.
36% Yes |
64% No |
36% Yes |
64% No |
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Unique answers from Right voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@B2WXB9V1wk1W
As the only force - no! But to have an existing chain of command and set divisions with certain weapon systems under that command is needed for fast action.
This is because each country still needs control over its army for its own interest, like honouring treaties with non-EU countries, disaster relief or other need.
@B26G3K92mos2MO
Yes, but contribution should be optional with higher contribution per capita yielding more seats on the EU parliament.
@9F9JBMK1yr1Y
Yes, but I don´t believe it would be effective since its use would probably need to be approved by every nation.
@9F2DHJN1yr1Y
No but I support greater cooperation between member states and their respective militaries
@99CXKXF2yrs2Y
Yes, but each nation should still keep a national army.
@998D5562yrs2Y
There is NATO (whose members include Germany, the US, Great Britan,etc) which is an Army composed of 30 nations in spite the fact, there is no need to create an "European Army"
@96FXKYG2yrs2Y
Yes, since my stance is utopic
