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that “the Union must have the capacity for autonomous action, backed by credible military forces, the means to decide to use them, and the
readiness to do so, in order to respond to international crises without prejudice to actions by NATO”. To that end, a number of efforts were
made to increase the EU’s military capability, notably the Helsinki Head- line Goal process. After much discussion, the most concrete result was
the EU Battle group’s initiative, each of which is planned to be able to deploy quickly about 1500 personnel “Military Capabilities”, Europe
web portal. EU forces have been deployed on peacekeeping missions from Africa
to the former Yugoslavia and the Middle East “EU security and defense Operations”, Europe web portal. EU military operations are supported
by a number of bodies, including the European Defense Agency, Euro- pean Union Satellite Centre and the European Union Military Staff. In
an EU consisting of 27 members, substantial security and defense coop- eration is increasingly relying on power cooperation “The Russo-Geor-
gian War and Beyond: towards a European Great Power Concert”, Dan- ish Institute of International Studies
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