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Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and Sweden are pushing to explore the idea of moving from unanimity to qualified majority in foreign policy.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because getting small countries to stop helps reduce war deaths.

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who gets the big countries to stop killing the small countries?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If nothing else works, other big countries. However, it is generally a high bar to get two big countries to go to war with each other.

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have a deeply flawed understanding of who is leading the world in amount of war deaths and why.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

Feel free to correct me, but you're the one who asked the question. Just insulting isn't a good rhetorical device.

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No one. That's supposed to be NATO's job.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

No? NATO is there to prevent revolutionary backlash against imperialist countries.

[–] kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that's what they want you to believe

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never said they were good at it, I said that was their job.

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

No, it's supposed to be a defensive alliance by definition (cough - Libya - cough). Not world police.