How is the EGF related to the European Union?
Ans. The EGF is related to the EU in four ways: The EGF will be mainly composed of the same forces as those included by the Participants in the Helsinki catalogue and the capacity of civilian crisis management, stemming from the conference held in Brussels on November 19th ,2001, and re-established during the Civilian Capabilities Commitment Conference on November 22nd ,2004; The EGF will be, first and foremost, at the disposal of the EU; The EGF is able to deploy robust, operational and pre-organised police units that are fit for substitution and strengthening missions, in a rapid way. Being able to do so the EGF capacities fit in smoothly with present EU crisis management concepts (like the concept of Integrated Police Units) and operations and are likely to evolve after the entry into force of the Constitution; Participants in the EGF are all EU Member States.
