The essence of the NATO alliance and what is the relationship between NATO and the EU

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1. NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, abbreviated as NATO or NATO, is an international military bloc established by North American and European countries to achieve defense cooperation, established on August 24, 1949.

2. European Union

The European Union, abbreviated as the European Union (EU), headquartered in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, was developed from the European Community, with six founding member states, namely Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

1. NATO members:

As of March 2020, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has 30 member states: Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Luxembourg, the United States, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. The headquarters is located in Brussels, Belgium.

2. Alliance members:

The European Union has a total of 27 member states, with France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg as the founding members, which were formed in 1951.

In 1973, Denmark, Ireland, the United Kingdom (including Gibraltar) joined the European Union.

After the democratization of domestic politics, Greece (1981), Spain and Portugal (1986) joined the European Union.

After the Cold War, Austria, Finland and Sweden joined the European Union in 1995 due to the easing of geopolitical conditions.

On 1 May 2004, the European Union achieved its largest enlargement in history, with 10 countries including Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia joining the EU at the same time.

There is no relationship between the two organizations.

On the surface, NATO and the EU seem to be dominated by Europe, but there are still essential differences between the two. First of all, NATO is a military organization, and the European Union is an economic and political organization, but they are undoubtedly inseparable from the United States, and NATO can be said to be an extension of the Marshall Plan after World War II.

On April 4, 1949, the United States, Canada, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Portugal and Italy signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C., to establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.

Economy

The EU is one of the most economically developed regions in the world, and the gradual deepening of economic integration has promoted the further prosperity of the region's economy. In 2013, the GDP of the 28 member states of the European Union reached 12 trillion euros, and the per capita GDP was 23,100 euros. The EU is the world's largest importer and exporter of goods** and services**.

In the EU's external world, the United States, China, Russia, and Switzerland are the main partners. The EU is also the world's largest export market and largest donor for the least developed countries, and an advocate and main leader of the multilateral system.

NATO is an international military bloc organization, and for the European Union, it is currently an economic and political alliance formed by European countries, or an economic and political community.

The relationship between the two can be seen from the member states, in NATO, EU countries account for the majority, and for a long time, EU countries have relied on NATO for defense. NATO can also be said to be the "army" of the European Union, and the United States is the "head" of NATO.

Extended Materials. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, abbreviated as NATO or NATO, is an international military bloc established by North America and European countries to achieve defense cooperation. NATO has a large number of nuclear weapons and conventional forces, and is an important military force of the West.

Background: After the Second World War, Europe, as one of the main battlefields, was deeply damaged, not only by industry and agriculture, but also by the flow of wealth to the United States in order to buy ** and other materials.

In April 1949, NATO, led by the United States, was formally established with 12 initial countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, etc. This is a sign of the strategic alliance of the capitalist camp in the military after World War II, an extension and development of the Marshall Plan in the military field, which enabled the United States to control the defense system of the European Union, and a sign of the leadership of the United States as a world superpower.

NATO has grown into a super alliance with 30 member states.

The current 30 member states are: Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, France, Netherlands, Canada, Luxembourg, United States, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

The European Union (German: Europ Ische Union, French: Union Européenne, referred to as the European Union (EU)) is a political and economic union established by many European countries, developed from the European Community, headquartered in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

The European Union has six founding member states, namely Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, 27 member states (the United Kingdom withdrew in January 2020), and 24 official languages.

List of Member States of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.

NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Abbreviation. NATO has a large number of nuclear **.

and conventional forces, which are an important military force of the West.

What kind of organization is NATONATO is the United States of America.

It is an international military bloc organization established with major developed countries in Western Europe and North America to achieve defense cooperation.

NATO's highest decision-making body is the NATO Council. The Council is composed of the Heads of State and Heads of State of the Member States, the Ministers of the Member States, and the Chief of the Ministry of Defence, and the Standing Council is composed of the Ambassadors of all the Member States. NATO, which has allowed the United States to control the defense system of the European Union, led by Germany and France, is a sign that the United States has achieved superpower leadership.

Member States work together in collective defence and in the maintenance of peace and security to promote stability and prosperity in the North Atlantic zone.