The issue with slow and rational is the slow part. Usually that is no issue, but sometimes you have to act fast in order to not be caught with your pants down.
Our dependence on the US and the Russian threat are such a situation where we have to be able to act fast and decisively.
You are absolutely right, but when it came to COVID, the EU reacted very rapidly, in line with the USA or UK. So it’s a choice, not a structural problem. They just don’t think a rapid response is opportune.
I may be misremembering how the COVID response went, but I remember the EU not doing a whole lot in the early days of the pandemic. It was mostly national governments locking down and taking precautions within their own borders.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the EU. But it is times like these when I wished it was a little faster to respond to existential threats.
The issue with slow and rational is the slow part. Usually that is no issue, but sometimes you have to act fast in order to not be caught with your pants down.
Our dependence on the US and the Russian threat are such a situation where we have to be able to act fast and decisively.
You are absolutely right, but when it came to COVID, the EU reacted very rapidly, in line with the USA or UK. So it’s a choice, not a structural problem. They just don’t think a rapid response is opportune.
I may be misremembering how the COVID response went, but I remember the EU not doing a whole lot in the early days of the pandemic. It was mostly national governments locking down and taking precautions within their own borders.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the EU. But it is times like these when I wished it was a little faster to respond to existential threats.