WASHINGTONPlans by four European nations to form an autonomous defense bloc would not only weaken NATO unity, but the four aspirants don't have the means to pull it off, according to bipartisan U.S. experts.France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg met in Brussels on April 29 to discuss setting up a European Defense and Security Union, independent of NATO.While stressing the importance of existing links between the United States and the European Union, the experts from the U.S.A. called for a "renewed trans-Atlantic relationship."U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was critical of the mini-s...
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