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On a Hypothetical European Army

In: Luigi Einaudi: Selected Political Essays, Volume 3

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  • Domenico Empoli

    (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi per Studi di Politica ed Economia)

  • Corrado Malandrino

    (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi per Studi di Politica ed Economia)

  • Valerio Zanone

    (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi per Studi di Politica ed Economia)

Abstract

In order for a European army to be able to function efficiently certain minimum conditions must be met: 1. It should be composed of a single General Staff, and the corps should be under a common command. 2. The expense of the divisions, recruited from the member territories for the time being, and composed of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates all belonging to a single nation, should be borne by the common budget. This implies suppression of a genuine national ministry of defence with decision-making power in the individual countries. How would separate divisions (if they were not united by a ministry of their own, endowed with organs that can be called whatever you like, but they would effectively be the General Staff) be able to decide on questions concerning provisioning of clothes, weapons and such like? There must be a centre that orders and distributes; there cannot be two. Ten separate divisions are neither a state nor a common army. 3. Let weapons, ship building and aircraft costs also be charged to the common budget. 4. Expenses that do not specifically pertain to external defence should not be borne by the common budget: military police, law enforcement, pensions for services rendered prior to the establishment of the common army, wages and operating expenses for military establishments and arsenals. Supplies provided by the arsenals and state establishments will be paid for out of the common budget according to an agreed price, as is the case with private suppliers and producers.

Suggested Citation

  • Domenico Empoli & Corrado Malandrino & Valerio Zanone, 2014. "On a Hypothetical European Army," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Domenico Empoli & Corrado Malandrino & Valerio Zanone (ed.), Luigi Einaudi: Selected Political Essays, Volume 3, chapter 9, pages 103-107, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-34503-5_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137345035_10
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