Munich security conference

[Kagemusha]

The combined defense spending of EU countries is akin 274 billion dollars. So more then 1/3rd of what US is spending and about 3 times what Russia is spending. But to me as European this does not mean anything.
In my humble opinion the EU countries have right now lot more pressing issues to consider rather then wondering about how big, if any our long range power projecting abilities should be. In its current form the EU is to put it nice "flawed", depending on the day, i might use the word unsustainable... The economy is in the toilet and the political and economical disparity within EU does nothing to help. We should first look within the EU and decide what on earth to do with the situation we are in rather then be thinking what we can do at other places if needs to be.