The document prepared for this meeting and seen by AFP warns that: "European Union A society that is not equipped to deal with threats and challenges" current.
The battle groups created in 2007 will be used by the European Union to form this response force of 5,000 soldiers.
The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Department noted that "The battle groups are operational but never used, due to a lack of political will and financial means".
The force will consist of "Land, air and sea components" And equipped with transmission capabilities to be able to "Implementation of interventions to rescue and evacuate European citizens" caught in a conflict. The Europeans lacked this ability to take the place of the Americans during the evacuation Kabul In August 2021.
The EU’s military commitments will be discussed with the US President Of the bygonesThursday, at an extraordinary NATO summit, followed by a meeting of European Union heads of state and government dedicated to discussing the consequences of the war in Ukraine on security in Europe.
And publication United State Once again, more than 100,000 soldiers and huge military facilities are in Europe to contribute to strengthening the defense of the eastern borders of NATO.
Sharing the cost of the capabilities deployed in the Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia will be on the agenda.
No quantitative target was included in the commitments made by the European Union. But all NATO countries, 21 of which are members of the European Union, have pledged to allocate 2 percent of their GDP to military spending in 2024.
announced Germany Belgium and Denmark, three countries far behind in this commitment, are increasing their budgets.
Europeans will also invest in capabilities that they currently lack, including drones, combat systems, tanks, anti-aircraft defense systems andmissiles.
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A foreign policy official said European UnionJosep Borrell, on Monday, before a meeting with the foreign and defense ministers of the European Union: “We will establish a strategic compass and it does not constitute a response to the war in Ukraine, but it is part of the response, because it has to make us stronger militarily.”
The document prepared for this meeting and seen by AFP warned that “European Union A society that is ill-equipped to deal with current threats and challenges.
The battle groups created in 2007 will be used by the European Union to form this response force of 5,000 soldiers.
The European Union’s Department of Foreign Affairs noted that “the combat groups are ready to operate but have never been used, due to a lack of political will and financial means.”
The force will be made up of “land, air and sea components” and equipped with transport capabilities to be able to “carry out rescue and evacuation interventions for European citizens” caught in a conflict. The Europeans lacked this ability to take the place of the Americans during the evacuation Kabul In August 2021.
The EU’s military commitments will be discussed with the US President Of the bygonesThursday, at an extraordinary NATO summit, followed by a meeting of European Union heads of state and government dedicated to discussing the consequences of the war in Ukraine on security in Europe.
And publication United State Once again, more than 100,000 soldiers and huge military facilities are in Europe to contribute to strengthening the defense of the eastern borders of NATO.
Sharing the cost of the capabilities deployed in the Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia will be on the agenda.
No quantitative target was included in the commitments made by the European Union. But all NATO countries, 21 of which are members of the European Union, have pledged to allocate 2 percent of their GDP to military spending in 2024.
announced Germany Belgium and Denmark, three countries far behind in this commitment, are increasing their budgets.
Europeans will also invest in capabilities that they currently lack, including drones, combat systems, tanks, anti-aircraft defense systems andmissiles.