11

Future of EU Battle Groups

BG D Grammatico

2

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

3

European Union Military Staff

EUMC (Informal)

COUNCIL

PSC

CMC + IMD approval

Special case: EU BG Concept

OPLAN

approval

Decision

to launch Ops

Agrees

OPLANAgrees

CMC +

IMD

Draft

CMC +

IMD

Crisis

EU OHQ

activation

CRS

Guards

the

CONOPS

NLT 10 daysNLT 5 daysNOT

FIXED

EU OHQ

(F)HQ

Parent HQ of an EU OHQ

(FN + (F)HQ)

4

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

5

• 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

Standardisation/certification VS

flexibility

6

Rapid Response

• European Council 19-20 December 2013 Conclusions

• Revised Concept agreed in December 2014

EU Military Rapid

Response Concept

EU Battlegroup

Concept

(no changes)

Air RR

Concept

(revised)

Maritime RR

Concept

(revised)

Land RR

Concept

(new)

status

7

Military Rapid Response - Modularity

Land RR

Capabilities

Mar RR

Capabilities

Air RR

Capabilities

EU

Battlegroup

(if required)

EU BG

Roster

Maritime RR

Database

Land RR

Database

Air RR

Database

MODULARITY

USABILITY

FLEXIBILITY