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NATO official warns EU force would be ‘unwise’ (18. November 2018)
Die deutsche Verteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen sieht "große Schritte" auf dem "Weg zu einer Armee der Europäer".
"Es sind Schritte auf dem Weg zu einer Armee der Europäer", kommentierte Deutschlands Verteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen den Beschluss. Europa müsse in ihren Augen auch bei den Entscheidungsabläufen schneller werden.
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NATO official warns EU force would be ‘unwise’ (18. November 2018)
A top uniformed NATO official warned Friday the European Union army concept endorsed by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would be “duplicative” and “unwise.”
In an interview at the Halifax International Security Forum, U.K. Air Marshal Stuart Peach, chairman of the NATO Military Committee, pointed to NATO’s strength as a single set of forces, with a unique command-and-control network and planning process.
“It’s not rhetoric-based. It’s real planning based on real data,” Peach said. “And therefore, why would you wish to duplicate or replicate the strengths of an existing strong alliance?”
https://www.defensenews.com/global/euro ... be-unwise/On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg alluded to the proposal of a European force at a NATO conference in Berlin, saying he welcomed “increased EU efforts on defense because I think that can actually help to strengthen NATO.”
European allied militaries can act without the U.S. so long as they use NATO command structures, Stoltenberg said.
“It will be not a wise decision by all those nations who are members of both NATO and the European Union to start to have two sets of command structures, or duplicate what NATO is doing,” Stoltenberg said.
On Friday, Peach referred to Stoltenberg’s remarks, saying: “Of course, as chairman of the Military Committee, I agree with [Stoltenberg]. It’s unwise to duplicate.”