NATO Chief Would Not Rule Out EU States Going To War

The head of NATO has suggested that the EU's battle groups could be used for going to war.In an interview with El Pais on Thursday (10 March), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer indicated he did not believe that the battle groups - the first of which are due to be operational in 2007 - would only be used for peacekeeping, as EU officials suggest.
Source Article: EU Observer