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EU seeks defence pact with Australia as tanks head to Ukraine (www.smh.com.au)
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The European Union is seeking a defence pact with Australia to deepen military co-operation in a move that highlights fears of a sharp increase in global instability.

The EU put the proposal to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Rome on Sunday in the hope of matching other defence partnerships that have cleared the way for closer intelligence work and joint exercises.

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The move came as Albanese met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and pledged continued Australian support against Russia, including the delivery of Abrams tanks promised last October.

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The EU signed a defence partnership with South Korea in November to set up joint talks on security and intelligence, clear the way for military exercises, respect sea borders and work together on cybersecurity.

While the agreement did not name any adversaries, it focused on risks that have been aired in the past in relation to Russia and China, such as cybersecurity.

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[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago

I know this isn't a switch to EU away from the US, but strengthening our relationship with EU can only be good IMO.

Probably naive of me but lining up behind the US makes me extraordinarily uncomfortable.

If we actually needed some support it's pretty much guaranteed that Trump would throw us under the bus.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How could this perspective be naive? The fuck?

The Christian MAGAzi Taliban have already threatened or extorted Ukraine, Canada, Greenland and Panama; all within their first 3 months. They're more likely to invade Australia and claim our resources than defend us from China or any aggressor.

The elephant in the room is that most of Australias military and intelligence is intertwined with US technology, and any transition away is a gargantuan task, but anything less than removing our dependence on the US is a treasonous attack on national security; a national death sentence, long term. We should be doing everything we can to ally with the EU and Canada, who have always shared our values far more than America, and collectively shift our military apparatus away from US tech and influence.

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