Is there connection between EU and NATO?

Question

Are all countries in EU members of NATO? Is EU in good relations with US?

Answer 1

19 member countries of the EU are also members of NATO. Since the signing of the landmark 'NATO-EU Declaration on ESDP (European Security and Defence Policy), however, NATO and the EU have worked together to prevent and resolve crises and armed conflicts in Europe and beyond. This is from the second site: 'In the joint EU-NATO declaration of 2002, the six founding principles included partnership, for example: crisis management activities should be 'mutually reinforcing', effective mutual consultation and co-operation, equality and due regard for ‘the decision-making autonomy and interests’ of both EU and NATO, and ‘coherent and mutually reinforcing development of the military capability requirements common to the two organisations’. In institutional terms, the partnership is reflected in particular by the 'Berlin plus agreement' from March 2003, that allows the EU to use NATO structures, mechanisms and assets to carry out military operations if NATO declines to act. Furthermore, an agreement has been signed on information sharing between the EU and NATO, and EU liaison cells are now in place at SHAPE (NATO’s strategic nerve center for planning and operations), and NATO’s Joint Force Command in Naples. A phrase which is often used to describe the relationship between the EU forces and NATO is 'separable, but not separate'. The same forces and capabilities will form the basis of both EU and NATO efforts, but portions can be allocated to the European Union if necessary. Concerning missions, the right of first refusal exists: only if NATO refuses to act, can the EU decide to do so.

Answer 2

Most NATO countries are either in the EU or working on joining the EU but a higher percentage of the EU countries are not NATO. The connection is geographic but the two organizations are not really connected. NATO is primarily a military organization and the EU is primarily financial and political. The EU has discussed forming a military branch from all members but that has not been well received by some of the EU countries; if that would happen it could put NATO in a precarious position depending on the level of consolidation done of the individual countries military. As outlined above the EU does have a "right" to use some NATO assets if NATO is not using or involved in a situation. Personally I do not think that this is a viable long term workable relationship because the non-EU resources (primarily U.S.) could not be used by the EU, it could strain NATO resources if NATO is using forces one place and the EU decides to go somewhere else NATO has declined too based on asset availibility, and cost would be a question because would the U.S. and other non-EU members be required to pay for deployment and replacement of NATO assets by the EU.

Answer 3

The EU and NATO are two distinct organizations. NATO was created out of a response to the Soviet WARSAW pact. It encompasses not only European states, but also those in North America. The EU encompasses only European states and focuses on a much broader range of topics and issues, not strictly military. Not all members of the EU are members of NATO, some of the Eastern European nations that joined the EU in 2004 are still not members of NATO. And, the EU is typically in good relations with the United States, at least until we start fighting about oil, gas, and the difference between the Euro and the dollar.

Answer 4

Not a direct link, but EU membership is a massive plus for any country wishing to join

Nato is a military alliance based around collective defence.

EU is political integration.

Not all EU members are members of NATO yet, because obviously lots of nations have recently joined the EU however plans are affoot to bring in new countries


Relations between the US and the EU have not been that great since 9/11 with German and French refusal to join in the war. Things got so strained MacDonalds stopped caling them french fries, changed them to freedom fries!!

However the US and EU are big trading partners so despite isolated tensions the Economic ties will keep them friends for a long time

Answer 5

Not all countries in the EU are part of NATO.
Not all countries in Europe are part of the EU (Sweden, Denmark and a load of Eastern European countries).

If you go on the NATO website you can get a list of those countries which are in. Same with the EU website.

NATO is a strategic defense group while the EU is just a socialist's mess and a capitalists nightmare.

Answer 6

Simply put, I believe NATO is the military for the EU, the UN, and for USA's more "extended" warfare.

It is a military that each of those groups can call upon.

NATO consists of some, but not all of the countries that make the EU, and the UN.

"New World Order" calls for a single military made of all the world militaries whch can be called upon by each of the North American Union, European Union, Asian Union, and Middle Eastern Union to impose dominance over countries not suited to be part of any of those unions. Such as africa, and south america.

Unified laws superceding each countrys laws, and unified military.

EU is in great relations with t he US.

Answer 7

Not all of them. EU is pretty much in poor relations with the US but it's hard to talk about the whole EU. Most countries (probably all with the exception of UK) are not happy about US foreign policy.

Answer 8

No.EU is an economic arrangement.NATO is a defence arrangement.Majority of them are having good relations with USA.