{"id":51981,"date":"2018-02-13T09:16:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T09:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/13\/us-cautiously-watching-eu-military-proposal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:46:58","slug":"us-cautiously-watching-eu-military-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/02\/13\/us-cautiously-watching-eu-military-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"US cautiously watching EU military proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ROME \u2015 The U.S. is keeping a close eye on a newly formed European Union joint defense agreement to ensure that European members are not distracted from their NATO commitments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katie Wheelbarger, principal deputy assistant secretary for international security affairs, told reporters travelling with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis that the issue of fitting the new group and NATO together would be part of Mattis\u2019 discussion with defense ministers this week in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are supportive of it, as long as it is complimentary to and not distracting from NATO\u2019s activities and requirements,\u201d Wheelbarger said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to see E.U. efforts pulling requirements or forces away from NATO and into the E.U.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The E.U. launched the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Security and Defence (PESCO) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2017\/11\/13\/eu-launches-defense-cooperation-program-5-members-refuse\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">in late 2017<\/a>, so the project is still in its early days. Unlike previous proposals for EU joint defense, PESCO comes with regular assessments to make sure countries are hitting their pledged goals for investments in capability or capacity. Countries that fail to meet their commitments could be removed from the group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countries involved \u2015 Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/outlook\/2017\/12\/11\/swedens-hultqvist-the-need-to-up-security-cooperation-in-the-eu\/\">Sweden<\/a> \u2015 overlap with the NATO nations, with some key differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland and Sweden are non-NATO countries, while PESCO excludes Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., three members of NATO not based on the continent that often drive the alliance conversation; instead, PESCO is being driven by France, Germany, Italy and Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roberta Pinotti, Italy\u2019s defense minister, wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/outlook\/2017\/12\/11\/italys-defense-minister-steps-forward-in-european-defense\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">editorial for Defense News<\/a> that PESCO \u201cmight represent the best and, right now, the only possible response to the challenges to international security and Europe\u2019s defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need new joint investment in which the EU has a key financial but also political role \u2014 new programs must reflect European needs and must be seen by all as intrinsically European,\u201d Pinotti wrote. \u201cThis does not mean cutting back national responsibilities and commitments, but throwing them behind the more ambitious project of protecting Europe\u2019s strategic interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list of potential PESCO projects are still being created, but the creation of a new defense funding mechanism \u2015 under which NATO countries could pool resources for, as Pinotti put it, \u201cintrinsically European\u201d needs and not necessarily spend that funding how NATO would like them to \u2015 has the U.S. keeping a close eye on proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters of PESCO have argued that the group will not conflict with NATO. In November, E.U. foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said PESCO would be able to act where NATO could not, as it would bring a whole-of-government approach to issues, such as using development funds in Africa, rather than a purely military one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wheelbarger said she was \u201cheartened\u201d by the initial discussions around PESCO, in particular a focus on lowering legal boundaries that could slow the movement of military equipment between European nations in case of need. That issue has been a major focus for NATO in the years since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even on an issue of concern for both NATO and PESCO, the U.S. is worried about creating two sets of rules that could complicate the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMilitary mobility implemented right would work for both Europe and NATO, but if we don\u2019t have full transparency, if we don\u2019t make sure the requirements for infrastructure or legal changes in between countries isn\u2019t based on NATO requirements, then we\u2019re working at cross purposes,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe just want to make sure there has to be full transparency, so it\u2019s implemented right, so that future initiatives will be based on a positive example,\u201d Wheelbarger added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. wants to make sure the European Union&#8217;s new 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