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Following Trump and Vance's comments on ending the war in Ukraine, EU leaders are once again looking at the possibility of an European army. In this video, we're taking a look at the history of the idea and whether it could actually happen this time.
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1 - https://www.ft.com/content/9fb2c865-8183-4b2c-86a0-bd55e86728da
2 - PASTOR-CASTRO, R. (2006), The Quai d’Orsay and the European Defence Community Crisis of 1954. History, 91: 386-400. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-229X.2006.00371.x
3 - https://shape.nato.int/page21485221
4 -https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49217.htm
5 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_EU_interventions_overseas.svg
6 - https://ecfr.eu/special/independence_play_europes_pursuit_of_strategic_autonomy/#introduction
7 - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1377553/Chirac-angers-Blair-by-backing-EU-army.html
8 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_army#cite_note-25
9 - https://yougov.co.uk/international/articles/42386-support-eu-army-grows-across-europe-following-russ
00:00 - Introduction
01:15 - History of the Idea
04:49 - Recent Proposals
06:19 - Why It's More Likely Than You Think
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