{"id":2562594,"date":"2026-02-02T18:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-army-would-be-extremely-dangerous-eu-official-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:09:02","slug":"european-army-would-be-extremely-dangerous-eu-official-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-army-would-be-extremely-dangerous-eu-official-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"European army would be &#8216;extremely dangerous,&#8217; EU official warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feuropean-army-would-be-extremely-dangerous-eu-official-warns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2562594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned against pursuing a single European army, calling the idea risky and impractical. Speaking at a security conference in Norway,she argued that for NATO members a separate European military would complicate the chain of command and risk crisis-management confusion. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re echoed the view that NATO\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-elon-musk-presses-robinhood-ceo-about-gamestop-fiasco-restricted-trading\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Elon Musk Presses Robinhood CEO About GameStop Fiasco, Restricted Trading\">decision-making process<\/a> works and a standalone European army is not a path to travel.The piece notes that the concept has persisted since the EU\u2019s early days, facing setbacks such as France\u2019s 1954 failure to ratify the single-army treaty, though it has periodically resurfaced with proponents like French President Emmanuel Macron. The discussion highlights ongoing questions about Europe\u2019s defence autonomy versus NATO integration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">European army would be &lsquo;extremely dangerous,&rsquo; EU official warns amid NATO rift<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2491933\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\">European Union&rsquo;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >top diplomat poured cold water<\/a> on hopes of a single European army on Monday, warning that the possibility would be &ldquo;dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas spoke against the possibility at a security conference in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/norway\/\">Norway<\/a>, arguing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-sneaks-midterm-election-trap-into-new-proposal-to-end-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Schumer Sneaks Midterm Election Trap into New Proposal to End Government Shutdown\">proposal wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t practical.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4443461\/steve-witkoff-expected-meet-with-iranian-foreign-abbas-araghchi-minister\/\">Steve Witkoff expected to meet with Iranian foreign minister this week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4442937\/pete-hegseth-flight-nasa-administrator-artemis-ii-preparation\/\">Hegseth takes test flight with NASA administrator as they prepare for Artemis II flight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4442579\/trump-juggling-multiple-conflicts\/\">Trump juggling multiple conflicts with war in Ukraine, future of Venezuela, and threats against Iran and Cuba<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Those who say that we need a European army, maybe those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hope-oklahoma-putting-bible-back-in-schools-after-louisiana-brings-10-commandments-back\/\" title=\"Hope: Oklahoma Putting Bible Back in Schools After Louisiana Brings 10 Commandments Back\">people haven&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t really thought this through practically,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;If you are already part of NATO, then you can&rsquo;t create a separate army.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kallas argued that the chain of command was the most important military asset during a crisis, and if a separate European military were to form alongside NATO, it would lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-mccain-blasts-joy-behar-over-vaccine-hesitancy-comments\/\" title=\"Meghan McCain Blasts Joy Behar Over Vaccine Hesitancy Comments\">widespread confusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And if you have, like the European army and then you have the NATO [one], then, you know, the ball just falls between the chairs,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And this is extremely, extremely dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St&oslash;re gave a similar answer regarding a single European army.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;NATO is there with the decision-making process among allies, which is in itself complex, but it is trained to work,&rdquo; he said, adding that a single European army is &ldquo;not a road we should travel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The possibility of integrating into a European army was a real possibility in the early days of what would become the EU. Many of its founders, still scarred by the horrors of World War II, believed a single, unified army would prevent another such tragedy from occurring.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4437754\/eu-designate-irgc-terrorist-organization-after-shift-favor-last-holdouts\/\">EU TO DESIGNATE IRGC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AFTER SHIFT IN FAVOR FROM LAST HOLDOUTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The biggest blow to the project in its early days came in 1954, when France&rsquo;s parliament failed to ratify the single-army treaty. Aside from concerns about national pride, the then-empire was worried that an integrated European Army would be unwilling to deploy to protect its colonies, such as in Algeria. These worries helped strangle the proposal in the crib but hopes have continually resurfaced since then. French President Emmanuel Macron has been a leading proponent of a single European army.<\/p>\n<p>Some European officials had reiterated calls for a single European military after tensions escalated over President Donald Trump&rsquo;s demands for Denmark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU cautions against European army amid NATO rift<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2562595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kaja-Kallas-e1770071706358.jpeg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3998,72654,8447,72653,32404],"class_list":["post-2562594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-defense","tag-eu-official","tag-europe","tag-european-army","tag-geopolitics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kaja-Kallas-e1770071706358.jpeg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562598,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562594\/revisions\/2562598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2562595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}