Help | Sitemap | Archive | Advanced Search | Mirror in USA   
  CHINA
  BUSINESS
  OPINION
  WORLD
  SCI-EDU
  SPORTS
  LIFE
  WAP SERVICE
  FEATURES
  PHOTO GALLERY

Message Board
Feedback
Voice of Readers
China Quiz
 China At a Glance
 Constitution of the PRC
 State Organs of the PRC
 CPC and State Leaders
 Chinese President Jiang Zemin
 White Papers of Chinese Government
 Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping
 English Websites in China
Help
About Us
SiteMap
Employment

U.S. Mirror
Japan Mirror
Tech-Net Mirror
Edu-Net Mirror
 
Monday, November 13, 2000, updated at 22:26(GMT+8)
World  

WEU Disbands, Taken over by EU

The Western European Union's (WEU) last meeting occurred Monday as the defense organization formally ended its historic mission in Europe, with its responsibilities being assumed by the European Union (EU).

The 10-member WEU has terminated its function for defense policy coordination among Western European countries. Monday's farewell WEU meeting marked an important and final step for the 52-year-old alliance.

WEU activities will be taken over by the EU, which has vowed to have an independent defense force in three years at most.

The WEU members include Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Britain, all of which are also EU members.

The organization will retain a small team in Brussels with most of its employees to be transferred to the EU, NATO and some other EU institutions.

The WEU has seldom acted since its establishment in 1948 because of NATO's presence in Europe. In the last 10 years, it was involved in landmine clearing missions as well as security operations in the Gulf and the Balkans.

Local analysts believe its disbanding is expected to enhance the EU's defense role in the future.




In This Section
 

The Western European Union's (WEU) last meeting occurred Monday as the defense organization formally ended its historic mission in Europe, with its responsibilities being assumed by the European Union (EU).

Advanced Search


 


 


Copyright by People's Daily Online, all rights reserved