Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Ryuu96]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Ryuu96 said:

Why won’t the EU jointly buy ammunition on the global market, amid an acute shortage of shells in Ukraine?

France is blocking the move, along with two other EU countries, diplomats told Playbook.

The insistence on ‘Buy European’ amounts to cynicism, quipped one diplomat. pic.twitter.com/51a2DCAquF

— Nicholas Vinocur âœÂï¸Â (@NicholasVinocur) February 16, 2024

Can't let Ukrainian lives get in the way of making money.

It's actually less about making than you think.

Macron is a very strong proponent of an European Army, and a self-sufficient one at that, meaning without the need of any external suppliers. Forcing the EU to buy European would also force those companies to finally wake up from their slumber and get back in shape. Of course making money is also in his interests, but the main target of this is the European Arms industry and getting them to the point of total independence of American support, with the other target being to create an European Army, something which he reiterated just a couple days ago.

Can do both, Ukraine doesn't have the time to wait for Europe, France and other European countries need to be buying externally AND ramping up their own productions at the same time, the only risk to doing both is wasting some money, the risk to focusing so hard on one is dead Ukrainians, which we're seeing right now, Ukraine has an ammunition shortage.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 19 February 2024