CityPop@lemmy.today to World News@quokk.au · 3 months agoCzechs won't meet NATO defense spending target under populist leader Babišapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkCzechs won't meet NATO defense spending target under populist leader Babišapnews.comCityPop@lemmy.today to World News@quokk.au · 3 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoThe EU army is, among other countries, Czechia. Nobody is sending money in a big envelope stamped: “To: NATO”. The spending is all on their national military.
minus-squareDr_Uggs@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThere is no EU army, Czech Army is their own, Nato is an “defense” organisation where parts of other countries armies participate in
minus-squareDr_Uggs@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agooh ok, I was thinking that Mark Rutte himself was flying from country to country to pick it up personally.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI mean… He might be doing that anyway, and getting away with it as usual
The EU army is, among other countries, Czechia. Nobody is sending money in a big envelope stamped: “To: NATO”. The spending is all on their national military.
There is no EU army, Czech Army is their own, Nato is an “defense” organisation where parts of other countries armies participate in
oh ok, I was thinking that Mark Rutte himself was flying from country to country to pick it up personally.
I mean… He might be doing that anyway, and getting away with it as usual