EU creates mega-army

[Zinneke]

Should their first move be an invasion of Russia?

what no

I'd prefer if we didn't have another world war.

Besides, isn't this what NATO is for? Shouldn't the EU be more concerned with economy?

https://www.nato.int/cps/ic/natohq/official_texts_133163.htm

EU had, realistically, only two states capable of long-term deployment offensive and subsequent counter-insurgency in a theatre of war. France and the UK. They've just lost one. Really CSDP is what the American think-tanks have been wanting all along : the EU MSs taking defence seriously.

[Zinneke]

Nice article

http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_eu_defence_efforts_miss_the_open_goal_again

[Zinneke]

Another proof that Brexit is one of the best thing that ever happened to the EU.
We are finally moving forward without the UK blocking any further political integration.

Yup.

Fairly sure this was being reported as in the works before Brexit - I think Leave even made hey with it during the campaign.

You'd also have to assume there were more obstacles than the UK if it's ended up a damp squib, as the link above appears to suggest.

The UK was always a big obstacle.

EDIT : except for a brief period under Blair. Then Iraq happened.

[Zinneke]

EU oversight allows Germany to invest in military capability and deploy forces abroad without, er, paranoia. CSDP still has the German Question at its heart, just as the Monetary Union did too.