>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 budget for research**.

Does it mean they'll take money that would otherwise be allocated for research?

seems like it

‘Unironically’= the new ‘literally’

Discuss

We live in a post ironic world?

I still have an intense dislike for people who use "literally" to mean the opposite of what it does, I don't care if the dictionaries have been updated.

the future is now old man

People use unironically in the same way

http://www.disclose.tv/news/eu_signed_a_historic_deal_to_unify_23_armies_into_a_mega_army/140817 Somebody STOP MERKEL!!

Real?

http://www.businessinsider.com/eu-countries-agree-mega-army-2017-11 Just google EU mega army and you can see for yourself. Merkel is turning the EU into a fourth reich.

So, according to that article, this is moving a bunch of extra countries into NATO unofficially?

She already asked France to hand over control over their nuclear weapons.

Seriously?

<http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/765679/angela-merkel-germany-nuclear-superpower-united-states-nato>

<http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/thanks-but-no-thanks-sarko-s-nuke-offer-bombs-with-berlin-a-506124.html>

Somehow I can't find the news articles about the specifics of Germany having control over France's arsenal.

But, it's not like they need it anymore, if the nuclear weapons go to EU's army.

Reaaaaaaaaally

Well, it's a pro-anti-Semitism panel, you see

what a joke

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/930188977423781890

I love Ben sometimes

This whole EU army might be the downfall of the EU

It isnt an army

More like a defence cooperation

It's a european NATO then?

More like we realized that we cant rely on NATO

especially with turkey on it

Turkey is starting to look like a loose cannon

I do fell like Erdogan want to unite muslim nations

and become a great leader or something

People call him Sultan

But more as an insult because he has delusions of gradeuir

The reason EU can't depend on NATO is because Trump called out on the other countries for not paying their share.

Only Poland, Estonia, Greece and GB pay the 2% of gDP on defence

Trump made EU Great Again. You guys should elect him after his 8 years are up.

i love that

i love how the EU is justifying making their own army because of trump

thats so convenient