{"id":6625,"date":"2016-09-14T06:18:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T05:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2016-09-20T06:23:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T05:23:54","slug":"european-leaders-discuss-plan-european-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/09\/14\/european-leaders-discuss-plan-european-army\/","title":{"rendered":"European Leaders Discuss Plan for EU Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/09\/14\/european-leaders-discuss-plan-european-army\/eu-army\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6626\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/eu-army.jpg\" alt=\"eu-army\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/eu-army.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/eu-army-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>European leaders are discussing \u201cfar-reaching proposals\u201d to build a pan-European military.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>European Leaders Discuss Plan for EU Army<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8935\/european-army\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | September 14, 2016<\/p>\n<p>European leaders are discussing \u201cfar-reaching proposals\u201d to build a pan-European military, according to a French defense ministry document leaked to the German newspaper, the <em>S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The efforts are part of plans to relaunch the European Union at celebrations in Rome next March marking the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Community.<\/p>\n<p>The document confirms rumors that European officials are rushing ahead with defense integration now that Britain \u2014 the leading military power in Europe \u2014 will be exiting the 28-member European Union.<\/p>\n<p>British leaders have repeatedly blocked efforts to create a European army because of concerns that it would undermine the NATO alliance, the primary defense structure in Europe since 1949.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of European defense integration argue that it is needed to counter growing security threats and would save billions of euros in duplication between countries.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say that the creation of a European army, a long-held goal (see Appendix below) of European federalists, would entail an unprecedented transfer of sovereignty from European nation states to unelected bureaucrats in Brussels, the de facto capital of the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Others say that efforts to move forward on European defense integration show that European leaders have learned little from Brexit \u2014 the June 23 decision by British voters to leave the EU \u2014 and are determined to continue their quest to build a European superstate regardless of opposition from large segments of the European public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8935\/european-army\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European leaders are discussing \u201cfar-reaching proposals\u201d to build a pan-European military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,157],"tags":[40,130,29],"class_list":["post-6625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","category-european-union-european-union","tag-european-defense","tag-european-integration-2","tag-nato"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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