CFSP

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CFSP

• ESDP

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BACKGROUND

• DUKE DE SULLY
• RESISTANCE
• 1952 EUROPEAN DEFENCE TREATY
• POLITICAL VOCATION
• BATTLE

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KEYS

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• NOT LEGAL
• INTERGOVERNMENTAL
• PRESIDENCY
• COMMITMENT
• NO ART. V
• OBJECTIVES

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KEYS cont.

• SCOPE
• INSTITUTIONS
• TOOLS
• STRATEGIES/JOINT ACTIONS/COMMON POSITIONS

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POST AMSTERDDAM

• OPERATIONAL MILITARY CAPABILITY?
• BLAIR
• ST. MALO
• HELSINKI

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IMPLEMENTATION

• CCC
• NICE
• LAEKEN
• BARCELONA/SEVILLE

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PROBLEMS

• EQUIPMENT
• PERSONNEL
• BUDGETS
• RELATIONS WITH NATO/US
• GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS
• ENLARGEMENT
• IRAG

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WHY PROBLEMATICAL?

• SENSITIVE
• UNPREDICTABILITY
• DIVERGENCIES
• HISTORY
• GEOGRAPHY
• ECONOMIC
• VISIONS
• HETEROGENEITY