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https://qz.com/1127984/eu-army-bloc-forging-ahead-with-its-military-integratio
n-to-shake-off-us-dependence/

It took?70 years, but the European Union finally signed a pact today (Nov. 13)
 agreeing to integrate military funding, weapons development, and deployment o
f European defenses. In a way, creating a unified mega army.

花了70年，歐盟各國終於在今天簽訂協約：合作結合軍事基金，部署協防歐洲。  換句話
說：創造一個龐大的合作軍隊。

US president’s Donald Trump’s frequent accusations that EU countries do not
pay enough into NATO has been one catalyst for them move forward with a unifie
d plan for military cooperation. The other is that it could legitimately dimin
ish the bloc’s dependence on US military support.

美國總統川普頻繁的指控歐洲國家付太少錢給北大西洋公約組織，是歐盟組合成聯合軍隊
的原因之一。另外一個原因是這樣一來歐盟便可以減少對美國軍隊的依賴。

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, called the pact “historic” as “
the real problem is not how much we spend, it is the fact we spend in a fragme
nted manner.” She also said it would strengthen the work of the US-led NATO.



The UK had always resisted the idea of joint EU defense, fearing some kind of
big “European army,” but the country’s planned exit from the bloc has remov
ed that hurdle, allowing 23 other EU countries to move forward. Once Brexit ha
ppens, the UK could still possibly be involved, but沲or a price.



The group will have a €5 billion ($5.8 billion) European Defense Fund to buy
weapons, a different fund for operations, and also get money from the EU budge
t for research. In the end, it means that the EU would have stronger, better s
ynchronized national military forces to respond to crises together. German For
eign Minister Sigmar Gabriel called it a “milestone in European development.
”



Co-development of weapons could be good news for European defense companies.
“I think it is a potential game-changer,” Haman Buskhe, the CEO of Swedish d
efense company Saab濳old the Wall Street Journal?(paywall). “This could devel
op new products and help increase efficiency in Europe.”



The next step will be for EU leaders to sign the legally binding agreement in
December.

下一步的計畫是歐洲各國將於12月簽訂合法綁定協約。

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備註
1.手翻的，請不吝指教。
2.美國越來越不被世界信任，不知道是不是好事。


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