EU decides to increase its military spending
Jean Claude Juncker
The German press reported the following:
7 June 2017
With a looming Brexit and US pressure to boost defense spending, the EU has created a fund to bolster defense cooperation in the bloc. EU officials said it marks a new chapter in bringing member states closer together.
The European Commission on Wednesday launched a new defense fund aimed at helping EU member states to jointly develop and acquire better military capabilities. …
‘Seize the moment’
Last month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said continental Europe could no longer rely on the US and Britain. Instead, she urged EU nations to “take our fate in our hands.”
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday that the EU defense fund marks a new chapter in defense cooperation within the bloc.
“For too long we have relied too much on the military power of others,” he said. “We must now seize the moment to take charge of our own security. We owe this to our fellow Europeans.” …
Trump’s failure to reaffirm Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which reinforces collective defense, has effectively provided an additional momentum to the European Commission’s bold plans for greater defense cooperation across the bloc. http://www.dw.com/en/eu-launches-new-defense-fund-amid-growing-security-concerns/a-39144036
It is difficult for most Americans to understand how much Donald Trump and Brexit (the UK’s vote to leave the European Union) have affected Europe and how much Europe will change.
And it is NOT just because of military statements made or not made by the US President. Notice something from last week:
June 2, 2017
“Today China and Europe have demonstrated solidarity with future generations and responsibility for the whole planet. We are convinced that yesterday’s decision by the United States to leave the Paris agreement is a big mistake,” European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday after meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. …
Li also said that China’s relations with Europe were more important than ever, given “destabilizing factors” in the world.
“A stable China-E.U. relationship is useful to counter the uncertainties in this world,” he said.
In a single Brussels meeting last week, Trump blasted European leaders for their handling of defense spending, called for terrorists to be “humiliated” and bragged behind closed doors that he had already done more to fight terrorism than President Barack Obama did in four years.
The 3 ½ days of meetings between Trump and the Europeans may stand as a turning point in an alliance that was born from the ashes of World War II, as Europe turns toward China and other economic partners it views as more stable. Many senior European officials were jolted by the talks, which started in the winding streets of Brussels and continued on to muggy Sicily. They said they had made a mistake by allowing themselves to be lulled by Trump’s more conventional-sounding Cabinet members.
“Anti-Americanism will bloom,” said Tomas Valasek, a former Slovak ambassador to NATO who is now the head of the Carnegie Europe think tank. “It will be much harder to politically explain to the European publics that we would cooperate with the U.S. president, because Donald Trump has made himself so unpopular now.”
Now, many European officials say, they are steeling themselves for years of conflict with Trump, and searching for other partners in areas such as climate change, where the United States has become a roadblock. In other arenas, such as defense, Europeans are far more dependent on the American security umbrella, though they are scrambling to achieve self-sufficiency now that they fear the validity of U.S. guarantees.
The European message has been unusually tough. …
“We have just witnessed President Trump putting an end to European-American relations,” said François Heisbourg, a French defense expert who advised Macron during his campaign. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trumps-tangle-with-europe-leads-the-continent-to-find-partners-elsewhere/2017/06/02/429b1c0c-4599-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html?utm_term=.60d16461201e
Anti-Americanism is ‘blooming’ in Europe. Some claim that Donald Trump is ending positive relations between the USA and Europe (though the Snowden leaks and issues from that to turn Europe more against the USA preceded Donald Trump). A desperation for more unity, more military, and less dependence upon the USA is now affecting more than just some in the leadership.
Of course, this is what some European leaders have been pushing towards for some time, but the arrival of Donald Trump has encouraged them to be more public about it as much of the European populace is anti-Trump, as well as displeased with the UK’s Brexit vote.
The day AFTER the the US Presidential election, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sent out a tweet over Twitter:
Trump wins … Wake up call for Europe to further unite & take charge of its own destiny (11/09/16)
President Juncker also made other statements:
10 November 2016
Europe should build its own army and not rely on security guarantees from Washington, the European Commission president said following the election of Donald Trump. At the same time, Jean-Claude Juncker called for the preservation of the transatlantic partnership. …
“We need more security in Europe, and I do not mean just the anti-terror fight,” Juncker said.
“Talking about security we need a different way of organizing a European defense … the French National Assembly in 1954 prevented the European community of defense.”
“We need it now. The idea that the Americans will eternally see to … European security is not true. Independent of the outcome of the US election, the Americans will not see to Europe’s security forever. We have to do it ourselves. And this is why we need a new approach to the European community of defense, including a European army,” Juncker said. …
The EU ministers are expected to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss plans to strengthen the EU military cooperation and capabilities. https://www.rt.com/news/366177-european-army-security-juncker/
1 March 2017
European leaders should “stop bashing the EU”, Jean-Claude Juncker has said as he sketched out five scenarios for the bloc’s future after Brexit. …
After the brief mention of the UK, he said a future EU could be based around “coalitions of the willing”, whereby different groups of countries deepen cooperation on particular issues, such as defence, security or tax. …
{There} was a plan for a federal EU, where it would have one seat at the G7 or G20 and create a defence union. Another option included focusing the EU on the single market, allowing common foreign and migration policy to wither, but Juncker said he was opposed to this idea, which he believes would reduce the commission to being an administrator. “Europe has to be about more than market, goods and money,” he added. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/01/stop-bashing-the-eu-jean-claude-juncker-tells-european-leaders
Perhaps it should be mentioned that three years ago, then UK Prime Minister David Cameron was publicly opposed to Jean-Claude Juncker becoming EU Commission President. He felt that the policies of Jean-Claude Juncker may well persuade voters in the UK to pull out of the European Union (see EU Summit opens, UK’s Cameron expected to lose related to J. Juncker: a prelude to a Brixit?). He also tried to negotiate a better deal for the UK to stay in the EU with Juncker last year. But the concessions granted were apparently not considered adequate enough as most voters in the UK choose to leave the European Union (now called the Brexit).
Despite unity from dislike of Brexit and Donald Trump, the EU will continue to have problems. That view is consistent with biblical prophecies:
41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. (Daniel 2:41-43)
The Bible further shows that Europe will have at least three major changes in Revelation 17 (two of which are discussed in more depth in the article Must the Ten Kings of Revelation 17:12 Rule over Ten Currently Existing Nations?):
12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. (Revelation 17:12-13)
The above will result in a temporarily united European power.
A dictatorial power that will have military (Revelation 13:4; Daniel 11:39-43) and economic influence (Revelation 18). And Europe is taking steps to increase its military and to not have to depend on the USA for its defense and security.
While some believe that Europe is determined to be democratic, it will not remain that way.
Notice a couple of warnings I made about that over the years:
Similar to how Germany gave Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers in order to run Germany, the EU will ultimately give power to a European dictator (biblically called “the beast” and “the King of the North“) who will run things his way.
And for a while, he will be quite victorious.
The power transfer is prophesied in the Book of Revelation … (Revelation 17:12-13). (Thiel B. Sweden Wants EU to Use its Battle Groups. COGwriter, September 9, 2009)
The Bible is clear that the someone who sounds like a dictator will rise up in Europe:
12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. (Revelation 17:12-13)
And while now is not quite yet the dictator’s time, despite problems (Daniel 2:40-43), a major dictator in Europe (and I do not anticipate at this time that it will be Herman van Rompuy) will rise up (Revelation 13:1-8), Europe will reorganize (Revelation 17:12-13), and become the final King of the North, European Beast power of Bible prophecy (Daniel 11:21-44). (Thiel B. On ‘Europe Day’ Van Rompuy says EU ‘Never to become the United States of Europe,’ Yet Farage Says Dictatorship Planned. COGwriter, May 9, 2012).
In light of that, consider something that came out last month:
4 May 2017
Just half of Europeans aged 16-26 believe democracy is the best form of government. The figure was revealed in a survey that polled 6,000 young Europeans in seven countries. http://www.dw.com/en/study-reveals-half-of-young-europeans-are-skeptical-about-democracy/a-38689788
A less democratic government will come to Europe and we are starting to see signs that more there will accept it.
Jeane-Claude Juncker is upset with the UK as well as the USA. He wants a united and militaristic European power.
And the Europeans will have a great army according to Bible prophecy:
25 He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. (Daniel 11:25)
The ‘he’ above is identified as the European King of the North (Daniel 11:40). As far as the King of the South goes, this is a power in the Islamically-dominated lands in the Middle East and North Africa.
Before going against those in North Africa and the Middle East, notice what the Bible teaches this King of the North will do:
39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain. (Daniel 11:39)
This is a takeover of the USA (which is the power with the strongest military fortresses in the 21st century) and its closest military allies–which would include the UK.
This European Beast power will rely on technology for at least part of its military strength and Jean Claude Juncker wants more investment in military technology (see also European Technology and the Beast of Revelation).
The success of the European Beast, King of the North, power will cause the world to marvel:
3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” (Revelation 13:3-4)
Europe will arise. And it is now starting to tell the world publicly that it intends to do so. The world will be surprised this will happen, which is part of why I believe European technology will be a key factor in this (as will be deception and problems in the USA).
Currently Europe relies on the USA, as the real military partner of NATO, to defend it. This has been convenient for Europe and has allowed the Europeans to enjoy a standard of living that may not have been otherwise possible. However, Europe is developing its own military technology (see European Technology and the Beast of Revelation) and the time will come when it concludes it not only does not need the USA, but that it wants to take it over.
I suspect that after the Europeans and the USA and UK have some strained relations in the future, the Europeans may call for/agree to a joint military exercise, possibly under the conditions of NATO, in the USA. This would allow the Europeans to bring military aircraft, troops, and other military items to the USA, without the USA getting concerned it would soon be attacked.
For those who think that the Europeans are just too peaceful for this, consider that the Bible teaches:
5 “Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6 I will send him against an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations. (Isaiah 10:5-7)
And consider that more in Europe are calling for a European military (see also ‘Post-Brexit summit could pave way for European army’ or is it ‘laughable’?).
The Bible shows that the end-time European power will take advantage of circumstances, trust, and timing (cf. Daniel 8:23-25; 1 Thessalonians 5:3). While various people will claim that the Europeans are the friends and allies of America and Britain, notice the following prophecy:
1 How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The princess among the provinces
Has become a slave!2 She weeps bitterly in the night,
Her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers
She has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies. (Lamentations 1:1-2)
The USA and Great Britain (including its Anglo-Commonwealth members, like Australia and Canada) were “great among the nations.” And the Bible is clear that betrayal is coming from national FRIENDS! Like many of those in NATO.
Jean Claude Juncker and others appear committed to getting Europe to the place it can fulfill the military and other prophecies related to it.
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