Originally Posted by
B Fraser
Why then are the Finns so nervous about the folks next door ? Sadly, the EU contribution to the Ukraine is to promise to buy them weapons. Putin must be deeply worried that a purchase order is being raised somewhere in the EU procurement chain and some bureaucrat is arranging an invitation to tender document. If the wheels turn quickly, whatever is manufactured will begin to arrive in late 2024.
We must be grateful to those states that are acting unilaterally.
The mutual defence clause of the EU is not at all as binding as the article 5 of NATO. It may include sanctions, weaponry, holding hands or troops if a participating country sees it fit. And to make things more complicated not all the EU countries are participating in the Mutual Defence Pact: eg Denmark originally stated that it'll join the EU but it is not joining in the mutual defence pact, they'll stick to NATO alone. However, Denmark just announced that they'll hold a referendum on joining the EU MDC in June this year:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-pact-tv2-says
Regarding Finland: the Finns have been trying to get a more solid EU Defence pact made for years. Basically the goal has been to clarify what the Lissabon agreement really would mean in case an EU country is attacked, but most of the other EU countries have not shown interest in it. Until last week. Denmark is a very good example.