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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (966)	3/29/2001 10:54:18 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 23908

Here's another article on the rapid reaction force EU force will not need Nato, says French military chief By Carey Schofield and Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent THE head of the French armed forces has insisted that the EU rapid reaction force must be independent of Nato and have its own planning staff. Gen Jean-Pierre Kelche, France's Chief of Defence Staff, said the force would be declared operational by the end of the year even if agreement was not reached with Nato. He also said that France saw a strengthening of EU military capability as a way of shifting the balance of power within Nato away from America and towards Europe. His comments will cause anger and concern in both Washington and London. Talks between Nato and the EU on how the new force will be controlled are deadlocked over demands by Turkey, which is not a member of the EU, for a bigger say in operations. telegraph.co.uk