The EU's moral claim to exist has collapsed.

Why is getting involved in a war between two countries , one of which supplies energy, and the other having no particular connection, the right thing?

How interesting that in hindsight, Blair is blamed for involvement in Iraq yet you blame Germany for NOT jumping into what could be a nuclear war.

I have no idea why Boris was so keen to spend tens of millions of pounds on a war that doesnt affect the UK at a time of financial stress other than that he wanted to be seen as Churchill incarnate and a glorious hero.
And you fall for the narcissistic liar again.

No such thing as EU solidarity. Never was. Germany and France are the powerhouse of the EU, the others cling on. That is of course, apart from Great Britain, we have once again shown the world that we are not prepared to be governed from Belgium. Europeans have acquiesced to an unelected and secretive bureaucracy who govern with no mandate from behind closed doors. Over may years they slowly and without knowing it, gave up their sovereign rights.  Thank god for Great Britain, and I say Great Britain rather than the UK because the stinking poxy low life scum called the EU, are still hanging onto Northern Ireland in the hope that loyalists kick off so they can say, it's all because of Brexit.

I have never heard such nonsense concocted by conspiracy theories as that.

Listen mister.

THE EU HAS NO MANDATE, LEGAL WAY OR PERMISSION TO TOUCH NATIONAL DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR MILITARY DECISIONS.

Got it?

BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOVEREIGN DECISIONS.

THE EU HAS NO MILITARY EQUIPMENT OF ITS OWN.

There is no military solidarity by design. You are damning the continent for not doing something it cannot legally do.

As for closed doors, open the Europa pages on your computer. Search and find transcripts of debates, committee meetings, which party voted for what, upcoming issues, an opportunity to send an email to MEP's and budget issues.

I have no doubt the EU has not been perfect but your ignorance should be deleted.

The two above posts are hidden. Thank goodness for the iggy button.

An advance from clicking...

The foreign affairs has to do with sanctions and making trade deals.
The borders of the EU are protected by Frontex. Look it up.

Individual response to aggression is dealt with by individual membership of NATO. Not the EU.

It seems to me that there is a sort of hallucinatory image of the EU as a national power in its own right.
That those in here cant grasp the concept of a democratic alliance or the restrictions of EU power which is carefully contained by its own members.
The Uk assumes other countries dont care about their sovereignty. But they do and understand the alliance they make with the EU as an ECONOMIC benefit for their OWN SOVEREIGN countries.

What Germany or Lithuania or Poland does with its military is their own business. The EU has no voice in it.

What sympathies that drive those decisions is a western instinct against Russia and against Muslims. Kneejerk historical and cultural reactions driving for example the migration choices each country makes.

I personally detest what Putin has done. But if you wany to discuss response, you must do it in a reference to individual countries and NOT to the EU which has no ability itself to respond militarily.
Certainly to express the agreed collective opinion, but it cannot generate equipment or troops itself. That is under national control.

My personal opinion is that the west moves to negate anything Russian and anything Muslim. These are the two adversaries born of cultural and economic differences, and bad decisions that stirred the old Ottoman Empiric/ WW1 feelings of religious and social divide that still vibrate today.

By my cultural experience and sculpture by the Cold War I always respond to Russia as the enemy. And while I see extremist Islam as a blasphemy, I also know that other Muslims agree.
These culture wars are deeply incised in Western values and the desire to simplify our responses to pressure from those we have been conditioned to call "them" and I am happy to join the army of western values.

But please stop using the EU as your handy whipping boy. The military decisions taken are NATIONAL. By law.

'Listen Mister' LOL, when I read that I briefly saw an image of Lauren Bacall standing in a dimly lit doorway slowly exhaling a long stream of cigarette smoke, as she dissed Humphry Bogart. However, back to reality.

The bottom line is, the EU was imposed. The electorates of very few countries were asked if they wanted it, and as you know the few that were asked and voted against, were made to vote again. It is also perfectly clear [See EU Communities Act, Lisbon Treaty] that EU member states are not sovereign. Member states cede sovereignty to the EU. Also, something else that should get you going lol, the EU parliament is like no parliament anywhere in the world, whoever heard of a parliament that had no power to propose legislation? The EU parliament is a facade designed to give the impression of openness and democracy. But in reality the people with the power, the unelected commissioners, are completely insulated from any form of electoral scrutiny.