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EU Battlegroups

Volume 494: debated on Tuesday 16 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what stage the EU Battlegroup roster has reached. (279966)

The current EU Battlegroup roster forecasts commitments to 2013, and is shown in the following table:

EU Battlegroup Roster 2009-13

Semester1

Contributing nations

Lead nation

2009—1

Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece

Italy

Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Cyprus

Greece

2009—2

Czech Republic and Slovakia

Czech Republic

Belgium, France and Luxembourg

Belgium

2010—1

Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia

Poland

UK and Netherlands

UK

2010—2

Italy, Romania and Turkey

Italy

Spain, France and Portugal

Spain

2011—1

Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Austria, Lithuania

Netherlands

Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia, Ireland

Sweden

2011—2

Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus

Greece

Portugal, Spain, France and Italy or France alone

Portugal or France

2012—1

Vacant

Vacant

2012—2

Italy, Slovenia, Hungary

Italy

Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Germany

2013—1

Poland, Germany, France

Poland

Vacant

2013—2

UK and Sweden

UK

Belgium (TBC)

Belgium (TBC)

1 1 = January to June; 2 = July to December