Eurocorps

She and Mr Macron inspected Eurocorps soldiers before standing side by side in the clearing where the Wagon originally sat on a train track.

(3) The Eurocorps, a multinational force based at Strasbourg, for example, is available to the EU and/or NATO, but it is not an EU force.

There are several joint military formations operating under the auspices of the EU, including Eurocorps, formed by a Franco-German brigade, and a number of smaller battlegroups formed by specific countries across the continent.

During the European Corps (Eurocorps) Engineer Training Exercise 2016 (EURETEX16) in France in September 2016, this is exactly what participants experienced--an operating environment composed of seven nations training toward a common goal of interoperability.

This was evident when Macierewicz, springing his latest surprise, moved to limit Poland's role in Eurocorps --an integrated military unit built around a core Franco-German brigade.

This was evident when Macierewicz, springing his latest surprise, moved to limit Poland's role in Eurocorps -- an integrated military unit built around a core Franco-German brigade.

A further idea is that there should be a ramping up of military force capabilities available to the EU by using the existing Battlegroups and utilising the Eurocorps which already brings together Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy and Poland in a combined force.

As for "security," Europe also has a fledgling law-enforcement agency known as Europol and a 60,000-strong military "rapid reaction force" dubbed Eurocorps.

Lieutenant-General Guy Buchsenschmidt took over command of the Eurocorps, on 28 June in Strasbourg.

Even more interesting is the merging of their armed forces in the EU intergovernmental standing army corps - Eurocorps. While several EU nations have contributed their soldiers, huge French and German contingents, collectively known as the Franco-German brigade, is at the helm of this force.

The mechanized Franco-German Brigade was formed in 1987 as part of the Western European Union's Eurocorps.