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Southern WEU force established

01 May 1995

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France, Italy and Spain will establish two joint military units under the umbrella of the Western European Union. A joint army unit will be called Euroforce and a navy unit Euromarfor. The new units are a southern european counterweight for the Straatsburg Eurokorps in which France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg take part. However, Euroforce with headquarters in Florence will not have its own troops. Only in crisis circumstances will units of the three countries that take part be organized as a rapid deployment force. Euromarfor will in time of crises be commanded from an aircraft carrier. It is expected that in the future Portugal will also take part in Euromarfor. Besides the Eurokorps (50.000 soldiers) that will become operational this autumn, the WEU has at its disposal a French-British air force, a Dutch British amphibious unit and a ground Station for spy-satellites in Torrejon in Spain NRC/Handelsblad 9.5.95.

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