The well-known Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dropped a huge bombshell on Europe's supposedly autonomous policy, which in reality follows the US' orders on all issues, opening two huge chapters:
Α. The adoption of a pandemic vaccine by American pharmaceutical companies and not by continental companies.
Β. The adoption of an agenda of accepting millions of immigrants who, according to experts, have already ethnically altered Europe.
How the issue of the European Army started and the reaction of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said: "The European Union must form its own armed forces capable of playing a role in peacekeeping and conflict prevention. If we want to be peacemakers around the world, we need a European army.
This is a fundamental prerequisite for an effective European foreign policy.
In a world with powerful players such as the US, China, India, Russia and crises stretching from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific region, only the European Union can protect Italian, German, French or Slovenian citizens.
Therefore, defence and the common army must become a concrete reality. Postponement is not an option".
Moscow's reaction through M. Zakharova
"EU army? Maybe start by developing a vaccine for Covid?Or learn to protect against migrants at the EU border in accordance with international obligations?
Solve the issue of refugees and migrants first? And only then consider creating an army. Oh, I almost forgot.
Before a unified EU army is formed, it would be good to understand what fuel it will use for transport.
Otherwise, the US president can come to Brussels and say he will raise fuel prices if the EU army does not attack those targets he suggests. By the way, what exactly does each NATO country have to pay to the 'common fund' (essentially Washington) in colossal sums supposedly for its security?" she concluded.
Russia believes that Europe not only follows the US, but has imposed much stricter criteria for isolating that country, with which it shares a border.
The question of the dependence of Europe, and the creation of a European Army is a huge one.
The call for a European army is part of an effort by Europe to achieve "strategic autonomy" from the United States, and is controlled by French President Emmanuel Macron, who hopes to replace Germany in influence.
Many EU member states disagree with Macron. Eastern European countries, some of which face threats from Russia, know that neither the EU nor France can match the military capabilities offered by NATO and the United States.
But European federalists seek to turn the 27-member European Union into a European superstate - the so-called United States of Europe - which is why they are planning to create a European army.