Mission creep

EUs fælles forsvarssamarbejde tager en aggressiv drejning:

In legislative proposals launched today, France will call for the EU to be given its own structures to plan and run military operations, despite opposition to such a move in Britain, which fears such a capability would overlap and compete with the Nato military alliance.

Mr Sarkozy will also call for Europe to pool vitally needed logistical resources and will risk triggering controversy in some capitals by suggesting military transport aircraft could be pooled under a single EU command. It also wants EU countries to pool air-to-air refuelling and transport helicopters.

Frankrig får snart formandskabet. Samtidigt; formanden for EUs udenrigskomité, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski:

An influential Polish member of the European parliament has called for the EU to develop "hard power" and spend more money to build a European army.

Foreign affairs committee chairman Jacek Saryusz-Wolski also wants the European parliament to have the final say on deployments under the EU flag.

The French have said beefing up the EU's military capability will be a key part of their six-month presidency.

The BBC has been told their plans also include a new EU military headquarters.

Other items on the French list of proposals involve calling upon all EU countries to increase spending on defence to meet a new target of perhaps 6% of Gross Domestic Product.

En fælles hær for EU, underlagt parlamentets flertalsbeslutninger - intet veto for medlemslande. Med udenrigspolitiske begavelser som Sarkozy, Blair og Fogh i spidsen. Kan nogen forestille sig et bedre argument mod at ophæve forsvarsforbeholdet?

Det er også dagdrømmeri at forestille sig at en fælles EU-hær ikke vil udstille de uundgåelige udenrigspolitiske afgrunde mellem EUs medlemslande. Mest af alt lugter dette af at Sarkozy vil genskabe Frankrigs storpolitiske pragt vha. en EU-hær under fransk kontrol. Det er jo ikke fordi hans egen udenrigspolitik gør sit for at fremme enigheden blandt medlemslandene. Som sædvanligt handler det her om Frankrig, og ikke EU, der altid har været under fransk dominans, og derfor forventes at følge trop.

Og fuldstændigt absurd at fyre dette af efter sidste uges begivenheder. Jeg er bange for at den politiske elite har mistet al jordforbindelse, og at de strækker EU til det splintres.