Future of EU Battle Groups BG D Grammatico 1 1 EU Battlegroup EU - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Future of EU Battle Groups BG D Grammatico 1 1

EU Battlegroup • EU Battlegroup Capabilities + Fully trained and certified + 5 NTM + Organically holding a range of capacities +/- Capacity voids can be mitigated with Land-, Mar- and Air-RRDB - It will take time to deploy the whole Battlegroup (land-locked vs not) - Limited time frame for deployment 2

European Union Military Staff Special case: EU BG Concept NOT NLT 10 days NLT 5 days FIXED COUNCIL PSC EUMC (Informal) Draft Crisis CMC + IMD Guards Agrees Agrees the OPLAN CMC + CONOPS IMD CRS OPLAN CMC + IMD approval approval EU OHQ activation Decision to launch Ops EU OHQ Parent HQ of an EU OHQ 3 (FN + (F)HQ) (F)HQ

Implementation Plan Security and Defence (art 10) • " EEAS to present how to enhance relevance, usability, and deployability of the EU's rapid response tool box, including the EUBG and their modularity ." 4 4

Standardisation/certification VS flexibility • Extend duration of operation • Increase number of Ex in preparation phase • Extend standby period • Encourage closer cooperation between BGs • Use Athena Council declaration to achieve more effective financing 5 5

Rapid Response • European Council 19-20 December 2013 Conclusions • Revised Concept agreed in December 2014  status EU Military Rapid Response Concept EU Battlegroup Land RR Maritime RR Air RR Concept Concept Concept Concept (no changes) (new) (revised) (revised) 6

Military Rapid Response - Modularity Land RR EU BG FLEXIBILITY Database Roster USABILITY EU Land RR Battlegroup Capabilities (if required ) MODULARITY Air RR Mar RR Capabilities Capabilities Maritime RR Air RR Database Database 7