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It\u2019s real planning based on real data,\u201d Peach said. \u201cAnd therefore, why would you wish to duplicate or replicate the strengths of an existing strong alliance?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments came after Merkel on Tuesday floated the idea of a \u201creal, true European army\u201d to complement NATO. Her remarks, made during a session of the European Parliament, virtually echoed Macron\u2019s call a week earlier in an interview with Europe 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald Trump called Macron\u2019s comments \u201cvery insulting\u201d in a spate of Twitter posts as the two held a meeting last week in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has tested the strained bonds with some of America\u2019s closest allies by pressuring fellow NATO members to rely less on the U.S. and dedicate a greater percentage of their gross domestic products to defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg alluded to the proposal of a European force at a NATO conference in Berlin, saying he welcomed \u201cincreased EU efforts on defense because I think that can actually help to strengthen NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">European allied militaries can act without the U.S. so long as they use NATO command structures, Stoltenberg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt 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,\u201d Stoltenberg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, Peach referred to Stoltenberg\u2019s remarks, saying: \u201cOf course, as chairman of the Military Committee, I agree with [Stoltenberg]. 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