Mr Khan said:
But NATO would cover that too, given that NATO covers pretty much all of Europe that matters (or is in the EU), though i suppose the economic benefits make a more base appeal than the unified military axis |
Almost always, the will of the people don't care so much about military alliances. Economic alliances are much harder to break off (for better or worse).
So where in the past two leaders who got into a pissing contest could start a war, not so much in the EU. For the countries of the EU to enter war with each other, something much bigger has to happen.