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European Intervention Initiative
AbbreviationEI2
Formation2018
HeadquartersParis
Membership13 armed forces

The European Intervention Initiative (EI2) is a joint military project between 13 European countries outside of existing structures, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union's (EU) defence arm. EI2 is planned to operate a "light" permanent secretariat based on the network of military liaison officers with the French defence ministry.

History

The Initiative was first proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron in his Sorbonne keynote in September 2017. Nine members signed a Letter of Intent to begin work on June 25th, 2018. Finland joined the military project on November 7th, 2018.

In December 2022, the annual meeting of the group was held in Norway. At the time, 13 countries had signed up. The joint communiqué observed the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine but did nothing more.

Aims

The ultimate aim of the EI2 is a shared strategic culture that would enhance the ability of its members to act together on missions as part of NATO, the EU, UN or other ad hoc coalitions. The project is intended to be resource neutral and makes use of existing assets and other joint forces available to members. EI2 seeks for enhanced interaction on intelligence sharing, scenario planning, support operations and doctrine.

Participants

The participating countries is built around 11 current EU members plus Norway and the United Kingdom;

The UK, which has left the EU, was keen to join in order to “maintain cooperation with Europe beyond bilateral ties.” Italy initially was supportive but declined to sign the Letter of Intent with the other 9 members in July 2018; however, it signed the treaty on September 19th, 2019, following a change in the Government coalition.

There are no specific criteria to a state participating in EI2, but it is built around:

  • Compatibility with the EU and NATO
  • Common vision regarding security concerns
  • Ability to deploy liaison officers
  • Long term efforts in defence
  • Commitment to European security operations
  • Ability to deploy effective capabilities.

Relationship with PESCO

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EI2 seeks some synergies with the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) that has newly been established within the European Union's (EU) Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), and PESCO projects are intended to be integrated into the EI2 where feasible. France's concern is that developing the EI2 within PESCO would result in lengthy decision times or watered down ambition. This led to some tensions regarding the project between France and Germany, with the latter concerned that it would harm the EU's political cohesion. Including the EI2 within PESCO is also seen as problematic as it prevents the participation of the UK and Denmark.

See also

References

  1. ^ Letter of Intent between the defence ministers of Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom concerning the development of the European Internvention Initiative (EI2), French Government
  2. Iso-Markku & Karjalainen, Tuomas & Tyyne (March 2022). "Flexible Defence Cooperation in Europe: FNC, JEF and EI2" (PDF). EUIDEA. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. Mills, Claire (23 September 2019). "The European Intervention Initiative (EII/EI2)" (PDF). House of Commons Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. Arts & Keil, Sophie & Stevens (February 2021). "Flexible Security Arrangements and the Future of NATO Partnerships" (PDF). The German Marshall Fund of the United States. p. 7. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ^ Nine EU states sign off on joint military intervention force, Guardian 25 June 2018
  6. Zandee, Dick (December 2019). "Another solution with added value? The European Intervention Initiative as a new kid on the block of multinational defence cooperation" (PDF).
  7. ^ Nicolas, Clément (2018-11-09). "Finland becomes tenth participant country in European Intervention Initiative". EURACTIV. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  8. "Defense ministers meeting in the European Intervention Initiative will take place in Oslo". 30 November 2022.
  9. "Joint Statement, EI2-meeting in Oslo". 7 December 2022.
  10. "Defending the security architecture in Europe". 4 February 2019.
  11. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 3. Ine Eriksen Søreide, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs. YouTube.
  12. Eriksson, Mats (10 August 2019). "Sverige vill delta i franskt försvarssamarbete". Sveriges Radio.
  13. http://www.governo.it/it/articolo/litalia-aderisce-alla-european-intervention-initiative-ei2/12845
  14. Nine EU states, including UK, sign off on joint military intervention force, Politico 25 June 2018
  15. European intervention initiative , French Government
  16. Why joining France’s European Intervention Initiative is the right decision for Germany, Egmont Institute 15 June 2018
  17. Macron and the European Intervention Initiative: Erasmus for soldiers? ECFR 22 May 2018
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