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O EU Battlegroup: a sua conceptualização, aplicação e prospetiva
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A União Europeia (UE) tem desenvolvido iniciativas e atividades no sentido de se afirmar,
no contexto internacional, como um credível produtor de segurança. Os anos noventa do
século passado foram prolíferos em acontecimentos, que levaram a Europa a olhar para o seu
interior e a refletir sobre as suas responsabilidades, no contexto de crises. A conflitualidade
emergente em 1991, na ex-Jugoslávia e em 2003, na Macedónia e na República Democrática
do Congo, impuseram à UE a convicção da carência de uma Força, impulsionadora da
sua Política Europeia de Segurança e Defesa, atual Política Comum de Segurança e Defesa
(PCSD), que lhe permitisse intervir, em tempo e com credibilidade, quando surgissem crises,
no seu seio ou vizinhanças. Assim, surgiu o Battlegroup, unidade modular, flexível, capaz de
conduzir uma panóplia de operações, visto como um instrumento capacitado para a gestão
de crises. Este trabalho analisa a evolução do conceito dessa Força, identificando a sua
importância, atual e no futuro. O Battlegroup é hoje umaferramentaimportante no contexto
da PCSD, assumindo a importância que os Estados-Membros da União lhe queiram dar, mas
a ausência de empenhamentos colocam dúvidas sobre o seu futuro e formas de utilização.
The European Union (EU) has developed initiatives and activities in order to assert itself as a credible producer of security in the international context. The 1990s were prolific in events that led Europe to look inside itself and to reflect on its responsibilities in crisis contexts. The emerging conflict in former Yugoslavia, in 1991, and in Macedonia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2003, convinced the EU that it lacked a capable Force to drive its European Security and Defence Policy, currently known as Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), which would allow the EU to intervene in a timely and credible manner when crises arise within its territory or in neighbouring countries. Thus, the Battlegroup emerged, a modular and flexible unit able to conduct a wide range of operations, seen as a capable tool for crisis management. This paper analyses the evolution of the concept of this Force, identifying its importance, now and in the future. The Battlegroup is now animportant tool in the context of the CSDP, taking on whatever importance the EU Member States wish to grant it,but the absence of deployments with those units casts doubtson the future and mode of employmentof the concept.
The European Union (EU) has developed initiatives and activities in order to assert itself as a credible producer of security in the international context. The 1990s were prolific in events that led Europe to look inside itself and to reflect on its responsibilities in crisis contexts. The emerging conflict in former Yugoslavia, in 1991, and in Macedonia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2003, convinced the EU that it lacked a capable Force to drive its European Security and Defence Policy, currently known as Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), which would allow the EU to intervene in a timely and credible manner when crises arise within its territory or in neighbouring countries. Thus, the Battlegroup emerged, a modular and flexible unit able to conduct a wide range of operations, seen as a capable tool for crisis management. This paper analyses the evolution of the concept of this Force, identifying its importance, now and in the future. The Battlegroup is now animportant tool in the context of the CSDP, taking on whatever importance the EU Member States wish to grant it,but the absence of deployments with those units casts doubtson the future and mode of employmentof the concept.
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União Europeia Battlegroup Política comum de segurança e defesa European Union Common security and defense policy