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European Union Private Military Unit

03/05/2021 23:14 0 comments

Despite repeated requests from the EU, no European member state is yet prepared to provide personnel and weapons for the two so-called #EUBattleGroups in the first half of 2021. My proposal is to launch a public-private security partnership for a rapid reaction force in Europe. In the era of emerging and operating private security companies (e.g. USA, Russia, China, Turkey, etc), hard power has to be rapidly deployed in the European direct neighborhood to the South and East, if the EU and its members want to be perceived as a geopolitical actor that can shape directly the developments and participate actively in the negotiations.
A Public-Private partnership can facilitate a rapid battle unit of a new kind that could look similar to the French Foreign Legion but would solely consist of soldiers from the European armies (EU member states, candidate countries in the Western Balkans and the associate countries in Eastern Europe) on a voluntary basis and with a salary.
Why is such Private European battle unit needed?
1) to protect European connectivity and investment projects along European supply chains and transport/energy/trade routes in North Africa, the Mediterranean and Black Sea, and Middle East.
2) to use a rapidly deployable battle unit that can be deployed in the direct vicinity of the EU.
Contracted soldiers can chose a European country for a citizenship (for their families) if they are from a candidate or associate countries and enjoy social welfare.