The State of the European Military Capabilities
Peter Winkler (in German), Neue Zürcher Zeitung | August 7, 2008
The International Institute for Strategic Studies has published the first ever "European Military Capabilities" report that is supposed to monitor the transformation of the European defense forces into a modern army able to perform multilateral military interventions. ++ Lack of task sharing, reluctancy to deploy the new forces, and rivalry between the EU and NATO have been identified as the biggest drawbacks. ++ The IISS calls on Paris and London to take leadership and support the ongoing transformation process.
