True, but the biggest payer has the biggest voice.
https://www.bpb.de/nachschlagen/zahlen-und-fakten/europa/705...
Germany pays more then double as much then France.
The last times they worried, Germany was 10% of the world economy and growing fast and Europe itself was probably 50% of the world economy (probably more considering all the territories). Now Germany is something like 3% and Europe is at 20% and going down.
A really?
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article210474071/Waf...
Would you be happy if DEVGRU/Sealteam6..whatever they call them now, consist of KKK Members?
>Germany is something like 3% and Europe is at 20% and going down.
That 3% cannot be true, Germany is at least 1/3 the European economy, and you know since i live in Europe...i worry about Germany.
Your info is out of date by a decade or more, I think.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_world_product
> In 2017, according to the CIA's World Factbook, the GWP was around US $80.27 trillion in nominal terms and totaled approximately 127.8 trillion international dollars in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
> German GDP: $3,780 trillion, $4.454 trillion PPP.
So, Germany is 4% of the world GDP in nominal terms and 3.4% in PPP terms. And that was back in 2017, developing countries are growing faster, so Germany's share probably went down.
Regarding Europe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union
> EU GDP: $18.292 trillion, $18.377 trillion GDP.
So Europe is 22% of the world GDP in nominal terms and 14% in PPP terms. And it's definitely going down as a share of the world economy.
Germany also is only only about 20% of EU GDP in nominal terms and 24% in PPP terms. This part is also going down.
You're conflating the EU with Europe. Europe has quite a few economies outside the EU: UK, Russia, Switzerland, Norway, etc. Germany is probably 12-15% of the European economy, or maybe less.
The German economy is the fourth-largest in the world and accounted for one quarter (24.7%) of the European Union’s GDP in 2019. The second biggest in the EU (now France) is one third smaller. 3,449.050 (Germany) 2,425.708 (France)
https://www.trade.gov/knowledge-product/germany-market-overv...
>So, Germany is 4% of the world GDP in nominal terms and 3.4% in PPP terms.
That's not important in terms of the EU
>You're conflating the EU with Europe. Europe has quite a few economies outside the EU: UK, Russia, Switzerland, Norway, etc. Germany is probably 12-15% of the European economy, or maybe less.
No i don't because i live in one of that Non EU but European/Schengen country's..again nothing todo with a EU-Army
>And it's definitely going down as a share of the world economy.
Again it's not about the World but the EU and the Schengen-Space
In any case, fear of Germany is overblown in 2020. I'd definitely want a EU army with a major German contribution. Don't be a general fighting the previous war ;-)
True but Germany is really famous for it, and it looks like they just don't get it under control, example? The most elite Fighting-force (KSK) has a big Nazi Problem...for years now.
>So which country would you want to take the lead.
Non of them, hence my idea to make a pact like Nato and not a European Army.
But something like NATO but just for Europa..that would be a good idea.