The "Marseilles Declaration", approved by the WEU Council on 13 November, practically completed the transfer of most of the competencies and roles of the Western European Union to the European Union (EU), complementing the powers the latter has in the field of defence under ESDP (European Security and Defence Policy).
Remaining in place, for the WEU, are the "residual roles and structures" that are to be defined by 1 July, and which will essentially concern the commitment to article V of the...