Whatever view one holds of the merits of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and the development of the EU-Battlegroup concept as a part of it, it cannot be discarded out of hand. The concept has developed with unusual speed and the somewhat unorthodox solutions to the multilateral arrangements for some of them are distinctly new. Some new capabilities have in fact been added. Whether they will be successful when deployed and employed remains to be seen.
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