Brussels, 26/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The EU interim Military Committee selected the Finnish General, Gustav Haaglund, as a candidate for the position of permanent President of the Military Committee, during its meeting on Monday in Brussels. The decision will have to be confirmed by the Council in the future.
During their first meeting under the Swedish Presidency, the European defence chiefs also welcomed the taking of position of the German Lieutenant General Rainer Schuwirth, to the post of Director General of EU military staff and noted "with great satisfaction" that the permanent military personnel will soon move to its new offices.
This interim Committee also discussed the strategic means to be put in place in the framework of the military management of crises by the European Union.