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The Euro-Army cometh
Via EU Referendum, link is in the posting, not here:In this case, one such was Council Document 10032/05, dated 13 June 2005: the Presidency report on the ESDP - otherwise known as the European Security -- Document is in wordpad and I'm a complete tech incompetent when it comes to these things. ...However, the first real meat of the report comes on page 9., with the news that "work has continued on establishing EU battlegroups which are part of the rapid response capability. A Battlegroups Coordination Conference was held on 11 May 2005 when it was noted that the commitments made by the member states will enable the objective set for the initial period of operational capability for 2005 and 2006 to be met." One battlegroup will be permanently available for the first two years of full operational capability, 2007 and 2008, except in the second half of 2007, for which a contribution is still awaited. Preliminary indications were provided on the availability of Battlegroups for the period beyond 2008..... Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-07-07 |
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