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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8405

21 February 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/nato
Papantoniou admits two years more than expected may be needed to achieve 60 000 strong rapid reaction force

Brussels, 20/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - During the joint meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs chaired by Elmar Brok and a delegation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly headed by its president, Doug Bereiter, the Greek Defence Minister, Yannis Papantoniou, admitted, according to an account from the EP press service, that it may take two years more than initially expected for the EU's Rapid Reaction Force to reach 60,000 (Lord Joplin, Member of the NATO Assembly,...

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