Brussels, 11/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - As anticipated, France, the United Kingdom and Germany on Tuesday presented an initiative to the Political and Security Committee of the EU (COPS) on European "joint tactical groups", able to be mobilised within 15 days and be deployed on the ground for a month (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.4). British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon announced this Franco-British initiative last weekend at the Munich conference on security policy, and Germany joined the...