On Thursday 14 March, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned against the risk of competition between the Alliance and the EU as the latter develops its defence policy.
“It is important that of course EU focus on the areas where they actually add value to NATO, but not to compete with NATO when it comes to core responsibilities as defence planning, standard setting and capability targets”, he told the media at the presentation of NATO’s 2023 Annual Report.
Defence planning and...