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    An EU Battlegroup (EU BG) is a military unit adhering to the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union (EU). Often based on contributions...
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    Defence Policy of the EU, hence all battlegroups. Norway has negotiated an opt-in to participate, even though it is not an EU member state. Sweden, Finland...
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    (TEU), such as the Eurocorps; and the EU Battlegroups, established at the EU level. The military operations of the EU are typically named with a prefix that...
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    The Balkan Battlegroup is an EU Battlegroup led by Greece. Originally referred to as HELBROC (an acronym of its first member States, namely HELlas, Bulgaria...
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  • The Visegrád Battlegroup or V4 EU Battlegroup is an EU Battlegroup led by Poland, in which the other fellow Visegrád Group countries – the Czech Republic...
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    a new EU Battlegroup of the Visegrád Group. The decision was made at the V4 defence ministers' meeting in Levoča, Slovakia, and the battlegroup became...
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    European Union (redirect from EU)
    the EU's military capability, notably the Helsinki Headline Goal process. After much discussion, the most concrete result was the EU Battlegroups initiative...
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    Balkan Battle Group, a combined-arms rapid-response force under the EU Battlegroup structure. The main missions of the Hellenic Army are the defence of...
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    force behind EU foreign policy BBC News – 15 March 2007 "Europe in a foreign field". The Economist. 19 January 2013. Value of EU 'Battlegroup' plan stressed...
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    Macedonia as part of EUFOR Concordia in 2003. After being converted into an EU Battlegroup, EUROFOR was dissolved in 2012. The European Rapid Reaction Force (ERRF)...
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    participating countries. From January until June 2009, it was on the EU Battlegroup standby roster. The unit uses a modular organization. The primary core...
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  • Forces participate in an EU Battlegroup under the control of the European Council, the Italian-Romanian-Turkish Battlegroup. The TAF also contributes...
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    Force (MLF), also known as the Italian–Hungarian–Slovenian Battlegroup was an EU Battlegroup led by Italy, in which Hungary and Slovenia also participate...
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    The Weimar Battlegroup (Polish: Weimarska Grupa Bojowa; abbreviation: EU BG I/2013) is a multinational EU Battlegroup under Polish leadership, in which...
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    European Rapid Operational Force (category Battlegroups of the European Union)
    Security and Defence Policy. It was eventually transformed into an EU Battlegroup and was on standby from 1 July until 31 December 2011. On 2 July 2012...
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    Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012. "EU Battlegroup Offers and Commitments" (PDF). Council of the European Union. 26 September...
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  • The British Battlegroup or UK Battlegroup is an EU Battlegroup, consisting entirely of British armed forces. It was on standby from 1 January, until 30...
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  • Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia Second Australian Imperial Force EU Battlegroup European Maritime Force NATO Response Force Allied Rapid Reaction Corps...
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    Police Forces with Military Status Common Security and Defence Policy EU Battlegroup Eurocorps European Maritime Force The corps is made avalilable to the...
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    secures formal Cabinet approval today for Ireland's participation in an EU Battlegroup". Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007...
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    Battlegroup 107 or BG-107[citation needed] is an EU Battlegroup. It originally consisted of military elements from the Netherlands (720 soldiers), Germany...
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    The Czech–Slovak Battlegroup also, incorrectly, called the Czech–Slovak Battle Group is an EU Battlegroup, led by the Czech Republic, in which Slovakia...
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  • discussions on expeditionary forces. On what type and how many we need: battlegroups or EU entry forces. This is no doubt part of the debate – and I believe...
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    Expeditionary Force (JEF) since 2017. Finland also contributes to the EU Battlegroup. Finland sent personnel to the Kosovo Force and the International Security...
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    Gendarmerie Force European Maritime Force European Astronaut Corps EU Battlegroup Common Security and Defence Policy Common Security and Defence Policy#Structure...
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    state of the European Union, Sweden is acting as the leading state for EU Battlegroups and also has a close cooperation, including joint exercises, with NATO...
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    Andresson, Jan Joel (17 February 2015). "If not now, when? The Nordic EU Battlegroup". European Union Institute for Security Studies. Retrieved 29 December...
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  • The UK–Dutch Battlegroup or UK/NL EUBG 2010 (Dutch: Brits-Nederlandse Battlegroup or Nederlands-Britse Battlegroup) is an EU Battlegroup led by the United...
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    peacekeeping missions. The majority of all German troops assigned to EU-Battlegroups and Nato Response Forces will come from this division. It also represents...
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    imf.org. Retrieved 13 June 2023. AFP, Germany, France and Poland form EU battlegroup EUbusiness. Retrieved 5 July 2011. "The Weimar Triangle: Over 30 years...
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