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The battlegroup as reinforcements for the Althea mission in Bosnia

(BRUSSELS2) The EUFOR Althea mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina today only has 650 soldiers, a high-ranking European soldier confirmed recently. And again... At this level, Althea's role in ensuring her executive mission remains rather theoretical. Even to provide the numbers for the regional reserve (located outside the country), there are not enough people. THE " concerns have changed » incontestably, this officer recognizes B2. For lack of anything better, the COPS ambassadors therefore tacitly agreed to be able to use, if necessary, the forces of the battlegroup. At least, no one is opposed to it anymore...

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).