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Field Marshal Lord Richards, who… was the head of the UK’s armed forces from 2010 till 2013… issues a stark warning: “[Europe] risks falling between the cracks.”
“The EU cannot be a Great Power, nor can any of its constituent nations,” he argues. "[So] the UK/EU must decide under whose sphere of influence they should shelter?
“The answer is they are likely to remain in the USA’s - and within a reshaped Nato.”
Thoughts?
US at ~350 million population and 9 147 420 square kilometers land area¹
EU at ~450 million population² and 3 997 838 square kilometers land area³
We have less than half the land mass to protect with a lot more population. We should really be able to build ourself a defense that isn’t reliant on the US.
¹https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/?form=MG0AV3
²https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?oldid=685552 and https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-key-figures/w/ks-01-25-003
³https://www.worldometers.info/population/countries-in-the-eu-by-population/