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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7654

12 February 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence
French and Dutch initiative on the future force

The Hague, 11/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The French Defence Minister Alain Richard and the Dutch counterpart Frank de Grave announced to the press, on Thursday in the Hague, that they will present to the informal meeting of the EU Defence Ministers, on 28 February in Sintra (Lisbon), a joint initiative concerning maritime transport and the numbers of the EU rapid reaction force intends implementing. Europe should be able, if the situation requires, of transporting roughly 60,000 men by sea...

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