2026-05-03 17:19 UTC
@ermo @Free_Press
These articles seems to indicate there is a willingness and/or a need for the EU to distance themselves from the USA with Article 42.7 as a guiding principle.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/30/can-the-eus-article-42-7-offer-europe-nato-like-collective-defence
https://www.clingendael.org/pub/2022/uncharted-and-uncomfortable/executive-summary/
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@ermo@fosstodon.org 2026-05-03 18:31
@TopKnot ... which correlates with the point I was making. From an EU PoV, the U.S. administration's behaviour was awful from 2016-2020, and now it's become even worse. The EU is not a vassal to the U.S. and will not stomach being treated like one. The EU isn't interested in leaving NATO. But the way the current U.S. administration is demonstrating its will to use its leverage, EU has no choice but to respond and seek independence from the wholly U.S. centered NATO structure. @Free_Press