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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8134

23 January 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ESDP: Current ESDP capabilities do not yet allow for consideration of military type operations, confirms President of Military Committee before Parliament

Brussels, 22/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - In view of the current military capabilities, it would be "difficult to conduct military-type operations" in the framework of the "Petersberg tasks" defining European peacekeeping and conflict management operations, the President of the EU's Military Committee, General Gustav Haaglund, confirmed when speaking, on Tuesday, for the first time since his appointment, before the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. The EU currently...

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