Joe Stanley-Smith – Politico Jan 12, 2026
European Union Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has said the bloc should consider establishing a standing military force of 100,000 troops and overhaul the political processes governing defense.
Faced with Russian aggression and the U.S. shifting its focus away from Europe and threatening Greenland, Kubilius argued for a “big bang” approach to re-imagining Europe’s common defense.
“Would the United States be militarily stronger if they would have 50 armies on the States level instead of a single federal army,” he said at a Swedish security conference on Sunday. “Fifty state defence policies and defense budgets on the states level, instead of a single federal defense policy and budget?”
“If our answer is ‘no,’ [the] USA would not be stronger, then — what are we waiting for?”
Kubilius said Europe’s defense readiness depends on three pillars: more investment in production capacity; institutions that are prepared and organized; and the political will to deter and, if needed, fight.
Merely increasing funding for Europe’s existing defense setup won’t meet these requirements, he said, in part because of a lack of unity.
“We need to start to invest our money in such a way, that we would be able to fight as Europe, not just as collection of 27 national ‘bonsai armies’,” he said, borrowing a phrase from former EU High Representative Josep Borrell.
Europe could instead create — “as Jean-Claude Juncker, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel already proposed 10 years ago” a powerful, standing “European military force” of 100,000 troops, he said.
To help solve the issue of political will, Kubilius wants to establish a European Security Council. The idea has been talked up by French President Macron and former German Chancellor Merkel.
“The European Security Council could be composed of key permanent members, along with several rotational members, including the member state with the Council presidency,” said Kubilius. “Plus the leadership of the EU: Commission and Council presidents.”
The proposed security council should also include the United Kingdom, Kubilius said.
“In total around 10-12 members, with the task to discuss the most important issues in defense, some of which I just mentioned before,” Kubilius said. “And not only discussing, but also swiftly preparing important decisions.”
Wow…the stupidity is truly impressive. All this bloviation intended to “save” “Europe” from cheap Russian gas and the lack of Anal Pride parades…Meanwhile this Swede can’t walk through Malmo…Impressively stupid.
Let’s hope this idiot Kubilius gets his army of “new europeans” – AKA – the invaders from the turd world. If actual real Europeans line to do the killing and the dying for the kike masters, they are even more stupid than I thought.
Hardly any of these EU+ countries have any recent experience of fighting a real opponent, let alone a professional battle-hardened army like that of Russia. Britain, France and possibly Germany would need to take the lead in training and tactics if any reasonable standard of fighting proficiency was to be achieved.
It’s one thing to establish an army but a huge step beyond to a create a fighting force capable of winning battles and whole campaigns.
@Andrew Smith
” BRITAIN (😳) France and possibly Germany would need to take the lead in training and tactics if any reasonable standard of fighting proficiency was to be achieved.”
Lmfao!!😂😂😂
Congratulations Andrew.. youve just won the THICKBrit Comment of the Month Award! 🤣
“Faced with Russian aggression …” … Uh, yeah, sure, Russian aggression rather than the shit-mixers in the deranged, degraded, and depraved Joorope….
The only thing a Jooropean military should be used for is to deal with the hordes of less-than-worthless niggers, street-shitters, and mongrel dune-coons that have been invading their cuntries…and use that same military to eradicate the kikes and cuck politicos who have been facilitating the destruction of those same cuntries.
Andrius Kubilius deserves to be chased through the streets, beaten to a pulp, and his tongue ripped out and stuffed up his ass.
They want a 100,000 strong army not to deter so-called Russian ‘aggression’, but to use against their own people.