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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8952
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ue/defence

Progress expected in military capabilities field

Brussels, 23/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Monday in Brussels, defence ministers of EU Member States took stock of the improvements made to military capabilities and also of the reforms needed so that EU armed forces may adapt to crisis management in the context of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

The Council approved a new catalogue of needs, a list of equipment that the EU requires for the various crisis scenarios in which it may have to intervene. The list (updated every...

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