Germany's Merkel Calls for a European Union Military

(Europe NYT Tuesday 13  November 2018) Germany's Merkel Calls for a European Union Military<span class="balancedHeadline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; max-width: 380.48px; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="balancedHeadline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; max-width: 380.48px; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <h1 class="css-1x5ulj9 ejekc6u0" id="link-739a381f" style='margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; width: 630px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); 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font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>STRASBOURG, France — German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for an integrated European Union military, echoing language used by French President Emmanuel Macron last week that infuriated U.S. President Donald Trump.<p class="css-1ebnwsw e2kc3sl0" style='margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; width: 630px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.75rem; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.18rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>Merkel told the European Parliament such an army would not undermine the U.S.-led military alliance NATO but would be complementary to it, remarks that were met with loud applause in the legislature though also with boos from nationalist members.<p class="css-1ebnwsw e2kc3sl0" style='margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; width: 630px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.75rem; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.18rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>"The times when we could rely on others are over. This means we Europeans have to take our fate fully into our own hands," Merkel said.<p class="css-1ebnwsw e2kc3sl0" style='margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; width: 630px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.75rem; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.18rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>"We should work on a vision of one day establishing a real European army."<p class="css-1ebnwsw e2kc3sl0" style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; width: 630px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.75rem; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.18rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>Macron's call, which reflected a broad trend of EU thinking but is not universally accepted, was meant to show European willingness to meet U.S. demands that Europe do more for its own security and rely less on America's security umbrella.