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  An improved readiness is clearly needed, but I concur, it does not mean forgetting alliances. I still think EU itself should remain an economic union, but a larger security union is already present as NATO, it's just that NATO is really dominated by US contributions, which is our own fault, and that France pulled out in many ways to do their own thing.
context: Europe has to be more self reliant. That doesn't mean forget its alliances, but we have to prepare as though we are alone.