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	Eurocorps' history \| EUROCORPS - A Force for Europe and NATO - located in Strasbourg/France - Information about ISAF ...
		From March to October 2000, approximately 350 Eurocorps soldiers formed the core of the KFOR III HQs in Pristina and Skopje.
		A year later, the Eurocorps HQ tested its newly adopted structure during the exercise Cobra 01 in the South of Spain.
		In November, in Luxembourg, the Eurocorps Member States defined the transformation modalities of this multinational unit into a rapid reaction corps at the disposal of the EU and NATO.
	www.eurocorps.net /history (1046 words)

	Eurocorps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eurocorps is a force which consists of up to 60,000 soldiers drawn from the armies of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain.
		The Eurocorps headquarters is based in Strasbourg near the French-German border.
		In addition to the earmarked forces, Eurocorps is capable of commanding other units of up to divisional size provided by the member states or other countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurocorps (606 words)

	Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
		Eurocorps is a European military force inaugurated by Chancellor Helmut Kohl and President Francois Mitterand in 1992.
		Eurocorps became operational in 1995 with 50,000 troops drawn from the French, German, Belgian, Luxembourg and Spanish armies.
		Eurocorps is open to all WEU members and the Netherlands, Italy and Poland have all signaled an interest in contributing troops.
	www.unc.edu /depts/europe/conferences/eu/Cfsp/cfsp3.html (658 words)

	Germany Info: Government & Politics
		Eurocorps assumed command of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan on August 9, the first deployment of Eurocorps outside of Europe.
		Eurocorps, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, is a multinational force with contingents from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Spain.
		Eurocorps assumed command of ISAF from the Canadians.
	www.germany.info /relaunch/politics/new/pol_afg_ISAF_8_2004.html (228 words)

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		Eurocorps is made up of detachments from five European Union countries -- Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain.
		Eurocorps will remain under the political and military authority of NATO in Kabul.
		About 300 members of the Eurocorps headquarters staff will be deployed to Kabul, where the HQ and two battalions, comprising 1,500 men in all, of the Franco-German brigade are already stationed.
	www.sabawoon.com /newsnew/miniheadlines.asp?dismode=article&artid=18585 (416 words)

	KOSOVO TASK BOLSTERS EU ROLE IN NATO By Joseph Fitchett
		The Eurocorps team that took charge Wednesday in Pristina will operate fully in the NATO chain of command working in English, using alliance electronic equipment and acting under the orders of General Wesley Clark, the U.S. officer who is NATO's supreme commander.
		Eurocorps has obtained this degree of recognition and responsibility, alliance officials said, mainly because NATO's civilian chief, Secretary General George Robertson, agrees with leading European governments and the Clinton administration that it is a way to encourage the European Union to invest more in defense, financially and politically.
		Eurocorps could be an element in that force but seems unlikely to be the nucleus, if only because it excludes Britain.
	www.adetocqueville.com /cgi-binloc/searchTTC.cgi?displayZop+4104 (732 words)

	Eurocorps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The flag of the Eurocoprs is blue with the Eurocorps emblem in the middle.
		The emblem, which is undoubtedly to be worn as a shoulder patch, is a lineal descendant of the one worn by Eisenhower in 1944.
		The Eurocorps was the honour guest of the 14 July 2003 military parade which took place on the Champs-Elysées in Paris.
	flagspot.net /flags/eu^corp.html (323 words)

	Guardian \| Eurocorps to run Kosovo peace force
		The decision to give Eurocorps the task of controlling K-For after months of pressure from France and Germany has deep political resonance at a time when the US remains unhappy about EU plans for a European security and defence identity.
		Eurocorps is a politically-driven creation from which Britain has kept its distance on the grounds that it is potentially divisive and more symbolic than militarily effective.
		Eurocorps has never acted separately from Nato, and alliance officials insisted yesterday that K-For would remain Nato-led.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4009196-103681,00.html (469 words)

	Eurocorps to lead Afghan force, says Germany -DAWN - International; 27 January, 2004
		BERLIN, Jan 26: The five-nation Eurocorps army will be able to take over leadership of the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan at the end of the year, German Defence Minister Peter Struck said on Monday.
		Mr Struck said Eurocorps - made up of troops from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain - will be "militarily ready" to take charge of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which is currently led by the NATO alliance.
		Created in 1992, Eurocorps is a 60,000-strong force headquartered in the French city of Strasbourg.
	www.dawn.com /2004/01/27/int8.htm (225 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Eurocorps
		Eurocorps to Command Peacekeepers in KosovoForce's 6-Month Tour of Duty Begins in April
		France: Eurocorps officers should join NATO missions in Afghanistan.
		Yugoslav Official Urges Eurocorps to Protect All Citizens in Kosovo.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Eurocorps (149 words)

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		And the Eurocorps has worked it was also deployed in Kosovo for example.
		If Eurocorps gets the strategic heavy lift and logistics it will be a "good thing"; if it doesn't it will be a political sham.
		Eurocorps' weakness is that it requires the unanimous agreement of all members; it may never be sent or just in pieces.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/30-11214.asp (2070 words)

	Equipo Nizkor - Eurocorps to take over ISAF command in August (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Eurocorps will take over command of NATO-run international peacekeepers in the Afghan capital Kabul in August, the head of the five-nation military force said.
		Eurocorps, which consists of 60,000 men and around 1,000 tanks and armoured vehicles, would initially operate solely in Kabul but discussions are continuing on extending its control to civilian-military reconstruction teams (PRTs) in the provinces, a Eurocorps official told AFP.
		Eurocorps, created in 1992, was approved as a NATO rapid reaction force in....
	www.derechos.org /nizkor/iraq/doc/isaf1.html (498 words)

	EUROCORPS: A EUROPEAN ARMY
		The Eurocorps is to consist of a mechanised and light force.(14) The mechanised unit is intended for sustained middle term operations, for example in ex-Yugoslavia.
		Whatever its final organisation it is clear that the Eurocorps is essentially a franco-german joint army.(15) To that extent it represents the mutual commitment of the French Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany to the common European future.
		The Eurocorps is responsable principally to the WEU, (16) though it would be possible for the Eurocorps to be integrated into NATO operations - provided the French government is more willing to cooperate with the Anglo-Americans - which at least under De Gaulle was not the case.
	lexnet.bravepages.com /Eurocorp.htm (5519 words)

	Eurocorps commander arrives in Kabul to take over Afghan force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Eurocorps is made up of detachments from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain.
		It was created in 1992 by France and Germany and later put at the service of the EU and is certified as a NATO rapid reaction force.
		Eurocorps troops took part in the NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia between 1998 and 2000.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040807120839.gcxa09f5.html (262 words)

	Guardian \| Britain backs Eurocorps bid for Kosovo command
		Britain yesterday pledged to support a plan for the "Eurocorps" to take over command of the K-For peacekeeping force in Kosovo at a meeting of Nato defence ministers dominated by ambitious proposals to strengthen Europe's military effectiveness and widespread fears about US moves to build a national missile defence system.
		British backing for the Franco-German force, a headquarters staff of 350 officers, to take over the 48,000-strong peacekeeping force next April increases the chances of the plan being approved, despite US scepticism that the European allies would be ready to take on the task.
		The Nato supreme commander, General Wesley Clark, received the Eurocorps offer last month and is expected to make a recommendation before the end of the year.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,3937647-103558,00.html (636 words)

	Eurocorps in line to run Kosovo force
		The Eurocorps, which used to be regarded by Britain as a paper force, has taken on a new significance in the wake of the EU’s burgeoning plans to create its own 50,000-man rapid reaction formation.
		The idea of the Eurocorps being used by Nato was first mooted several years ago, but the nearest it has got to being deployed was when troops from the Franco-German brigade were allocated an area in the Nato-led operation in Bosnia.
		If the Eurocorps is not deemed to be suitable for commanding Kfor next year, the alliance will have to convert a static headquarters, such as Landsouth, into a deployable unit for Kosovo.
	www.agitprop.org.au /stopnato/19991204evankoso.php (573 words)

	Headquarters \| EUROCORPS - A Force for Europe and NATO - located in Strasbourg/France - Information about ISAF VI, KFOR ...
		Within the HQ Eurocorps, all ‘framework’ and ‘sending’ nations are represented by a Senior National Representative (SNR).
		When the decision was made in mid-1999 to transform the Eurocorps (EC) into a Rapid Reaction Corps, the EC nations invited NATO and the European Union (EU) nations to detach Liaison Officers (LNO) to the Headquarters (HQ).
		The Eurocorps is communaly directed by the framework nations (Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg and Spain), the important decisions are made by consensus in the capitals.
	www.eurocorps.net /en/organisation/headquarters (994 words)

	HISTORICAL EVENTS - 1987—1997 The European Union in a Europe in the throes of change - The end of the Cold War and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Accordingly, Eurocorps appears to be the blueprint for a future European army.
		While remaining independent, Eurocorps can be made available to NATO (Cooperation Agreement of 21 January 1993) or to WEU in the same way as the other joint or multinational forces.
		Deploying Eurocorps remains a difficult process because of unanimity required among member countries before deployment can take place, the heterogeneous nature of the equipment, as well as limited logistical resources and means of intelligence gathering and aerial transportation, the likes of which are available only to NATO.
	www.ena.lu /europe/market-amsterdam/cooperation-agreement-eurocorps-nato-brussels-1993.htm (768 words)

	AllRefer.com - Germany - Western European Union - Eurocorps \| German Information Resource
		The Eurocorps not only wo uld provide the basis for a European force but also, on a political level, would assuage French (and broader European) concerns about a return to German unilateralism in foreign and defense policy.
		In the face of criticism from the NATO establishment, the Germans argued that the Eurocorps would have the positive effect of drawing the French closer to the Atlantic Alliance.
		The Eurocorps was formally proposed by Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand in May 1992.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/germany/germany150.html (1447 words)

	Untitled
		Eurocorps will provide the Kfor commander and 350 of the 1,000-strong headquarters staff.
		Britain remains cautious about Eurocorps being the best way to develop Europe's military capability, and only one British liaison officer is within its structure.
		Eurocorps was set up as an exclusively Franco-German initiative in the early Nineties.
	www.unmikonline.org /press/wire/im190400.html (3116 words)

	EUROCORPS TO COMMAND PEACEKEEPERS IN KOSOVO By Joseph Fitchett
		In practice, most of the command staff will continue to be drawn from the existing NATO team because the Eurocorps will only be able to deploy about 350 officers for the Kosovo headquarters, which currently has a staff of 1,200 officers.
		The five Eurocorps countries France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg have been promised officers from Britain and other countries to back up the Eurocorps staff and commander, currently a Spanish general.
		Resistance to the designation of Eurocorps had come from Turkey which belongs to NATO but not to the EU and from General Clark.
	www.ttc.org /cgi-binloc/searchTTC.cgi?displayZop+3330 (722 words)

	NATO -- Kosovo role for Eurocorps backed
		Though the Eurocorps Kosovo headquarters offer is separate from the EU’s defence initiative, French officials made clear they saw a beefed-up Eurocorps as playing a key role in co-ordinating the rapid deployment force — the EU’s first autonomous military capability — to which EU leaders are due to commit themselves in Helsinki
		Lord Robertson said Eurocorps ‘could only be part’ of a headquarters of the size of Kosovo's, in which a headquarters staff of more than 1,000 commands the 48,000-strong Kfor, and would have to be augmented.
		A French official said a Eurocorps Kosovo HQ would come under the command of Nato’s supreme commander Europe, who is always American.
	www.agitprop.org.au /stopnato/19991204fintkoso.htm (539 words)

	Lungu \| European Security III
		From the French perspective the Eurocorps would represent the first step toward truly independent European capacities for scenarios in which the United States would be unable or unwilling to act, and function as a means to influence more heavily U.S. decisions when it did act.
		In practice this implied that the French troops of the Eurocorps would be subordinated to the SACEUR in a case of Article 5 engagement (i.e., in the case of war).
		The Eurocorps represents the first French acceptance of multinational military integration since 1966, allows for the first peaceful permanent stationing ever of German soldiers on French soil, and provides a legal means for the continued presence of French troops in Germany.
	www.unc.edu /depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_11/lungu3.html (1411 words)

	The Eurocorps: A Fresh Start in Europe
		First, the proposed Eurocorps was evidence that, after a series of false starts beginning with the failure of the European Defense Community in 1954, the Europeans were finally prepared to shoulder their own defense responsibilities.
		Fourth, the Eurocorps afforded an opportunity to shift the focus of Washington's European policy away from the security field, in which the need for collective action had evaporated, to economic issues over which storm clouds were gathering in alarming formations.
		That attitude was reinforced because the British and the Dutch, both of whom had substantial stakes in an unchanged NATO structure as a result of their involvement in the Rapid Reaction Corps and the Amphibious Force, encouraged the United States to see the ideas as a dagger pointed at the heart of the alliance.
	www.cato.org /pubs/fpbriefs/fpb-021.html (3043 words)

	Hooray for the Eurocorps
		It is possible to equip a well-armed, well-trained force for effective defense, but it is another thing to fund a global police force with the actual power to kick the butts of all possible enemies.
		It is of course inadvisable to reduce one’s defenses to the point of ineffectiveness, but the Eurocorps does not appear to be such an event.
		Even if the Eurocorps were not wholly effective, removing American troops from Europe, and dismantling Nato, would not preclude American involvement from a European war, if such involvement were actually mandated by US interests, i.e.
	www.lewrockwell.com /dieteman/dieteman18.html (914 words)

	Bahrain Tribune Daily Newspaper, Bahrain
		KABUL: Eurocorps yesterday assumed command of 7,000 NATO-led international peacekeepers in Afghanistan in a heavily guarded ceremony in Kabul marking the 12-year-old force’s first deployment outside Europe.
		General Back said that under Eurocorps’ command the NATO-led force would continue to work closely with the Afghan government, US-led troops and the UN to smooth the way for the historic presidential polls.
		Eurocorps is made up of detachments from five European Union countries — Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain.
	www.bahraintribune.com /ArticleDetail.asp?CategoryId=3&ArticleId=40771 (823 words)

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