Fair. An EU loan should be kept within the EU, especially since alternatives are available. Nice clickbait-y title though.
telfordwolf700 on
The irony is that France is currently developing a new cruise missile (STRATUS) with the UK.
olight77 on
But but… what about the Flamingos ?
ThroawayJimilyJones on
Fair. I agree Ukraine would benefit from UK weapon. But it’s UK respond to give money to Ukraine too, not French one to finance UK industry
SpaceCadet2000 on
I get the idea that EU money should *preferably* be used to buy inside the EU, but we have to be wary about double agendas too. France is the largest arms exporter in the world after the US, and coincidentally the only other manufacturer of such missiles. France is also not beyond using dirty tricks to get arms deals. So when Macron says: buy EU, he often really means: buy from France.
In my opinion as a non-French EU taxpayer: we should put Ukraine’s needs first, taking into consideration lead times, production capacity and price, and we should not put the kibosh on any weapon from any country, or we risk that the EU funding simply becomes a program to funnel EU taxpayers’ money to France to prop up their arms industry.
Confident_Row7417 on
Macron wants to lead so thing, anything. Make a new committee or something for him and move on
xWhatAJoke on
Is there anything the UK does that France doesn’t push back on?
notfaroffnow on
Insanity at its finest
MoeSzyslakMonobrow on
Girls, you’re both pretty. You can (and should) each give Ukraine more to defend and retake their territory.
Mr-DevilsAdvocate on
“France, however, argues that the funding should be used only within the European Union.”
This. E.U budget goes to E.U why would it go to a country outside E.U when we do have a viable alternative that can be invested in, within E.U.
Pretty-Jaguar5895 on
Typical France, cowards when it comes to combat!
Vegetable-War-4199 on
Just think what damage they could do with Tomahawks and Storm Shadows
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For fuck’s suck…
Fair. An EU loan should be kept within the EU, especially since alternatives are available. Nice clickbait-y title though.
The irony is that France is currently developing a new cruise missile (STRATUS) with the UK.
But but… what about the Flamingos ?
Fair. I agree Ukraine would benefit from UK weapon. But it’s UK respond to give money to Ukraine too, not French one to finance UK industry
I get the idea that EU money should *preferably* be used to buy inside the EU, but we have to be wary about double agendas too. France is the largest arms exporter in the world after the US, and coincidentally the only other manufacturer of such missiles. France is also not beyond using dirty tricks to get arms deals. So when Macron says: buy EU, he often really means: buy from France.
In my opinion as a non-French EU taxpayer: we should put Ukraine’s needs first, taking into consideration lead times, production capacity and price, and we should not put the kibosh on any weapon from any country, or we risk that the EU funding simply becomes a program to funnel EU taxpayers’ money to France to prop up their arms industry.
Macron wants to lead so thing, anything. Make a new committee or something for him and move on
Is there anything the UK does that France doesn’t push back on?
Insanity at its finest
Girls, you’re both pretty. You can (and should) each give Ukraine more to defend and retake their territory.
“France, however, argues that the funding should be used only within the European Union.”
This. E.U budget goes to E.U why would it go to a country outside E.U when we do have a viable alternative that can be invested in, within E.U.
Typical France, cowards when it comes to combat!
Just think what damage they could do with Tomahawks and Storm Shadows