E-12...an intergovernmental organization outside the EU and NATO?

Proposed by France, the #EI2 is an intergovernmental forum outside the EU and NATO for enhancing  military  interactions  between  the  most  able  and  willing  European countries.

— Tom Antonov (@Tom_Antonov) June 28, 2019

Oh this is gonna be good!    What is the goal?  Is this about N. Africa?  Surely its not about the Middle East huh?

The weird thing?

NATO is an anachronism.  But somehow it still lives.

The EU Army is a dream without a real purpose.  But in the grand scheme of things I imagine it could be built on the bones of NATO while excluding the US and UK.

But where does this new initiative fit?  The only thing that readily comes to mind is to take care of civil disturbances inside alliance nations but that's some Fallout Video Game shit!  I just don't get it.