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Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]
I doubt that will happen!
My guess is that the initiative will come from, or at least be strongly supported by, Washington. And it will all be part of NATO.
First there will be more maneuvers and excercises in Europe....with mainly european NATO members...under european leadership. The US will support that, since they will profit from a more and better working european branch of NATO, since their future attention is no longer on Europe but on Asia.
From that there will more and more common buildups....soldiers training together....shared bases....it will be something natural, organical....nothing forced.
Of course you can only share something which you already have, so the existence of independent armies is not questioned at all. To grow together into a common army will need time and a strong common enemy!
But yes, shared hardware, soldiers training together on it, soldiers from different countries stationed together, preparing to fight the same threat....it will be a common army long before the populaces gets a name for it! :)