European allies have stressed the urgency of growing and improving their military capabilities to counter Russia.

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Ah yes, history has shown that this is a good idea. I’m sure it’ll end well this time. germany-cool

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Of course the big difference between the historical France/Germany rivaly and a possible future one is France having an independent nuclear weapons capability. Even the UK relies on the US for maintaining - and if rumours are true, being allowed to use - their nuclear weapons. If the EU were to collapse I could see a lot of smaller powers ally with France, under terms very favourable to France, if it meant an ironclad nuclear-response security alliance with France.