"EU would not be able to defend itself without NATO"

He's a clown.The American war machine known as NATO will get us all killed

Given that most of the EU countries are in NATO, they are already well protected without the EU organisation being explicitly involved.

The EU does not have a satisfactory democratic structure at its head (I would never want an appointee like a Junker to have any direct role in using an army); how could it ever be properly accountable? At least NATO is answerable directly to democratically elected presidents and prime ministers - having to go through the EU to get to them would be very unhealthy. And needlessly complicated.

The EU should never have an army.

The leader of a military organization should keep his political views to himself.

He's a clown.The American war machine known as NATO will get us all killed

Given that most of the EU countries are in NATO, they are already well protected without the EU organisation being explicitly involved.

The EU does not have a satisfactory democratic structure at its head (I would never want an appointee like a Junker to have any direct role in using an army); how could it ever be properly accountable? At least NATO is answerable directly to democratically elected presidents and prime ministers - having to go through the EU to get to them would be very unhealthy. And needlessly complicated.

The EU should never have an army.

The leader of a military organization should keep his political views to himself.