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Since the EU doesn't have a standing army, they cannot respond. Without NATO, Putin can drive straight to the Atlantic and there's not a goddamn thing Europeans can do about it.
NATO doesn't have a standing army. Like the EU, it has member states. EU joint Command and Control is rather lacking but if you think that means that the EU won't respond even though it is a defensive alliance you're delirious.