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EURODEFENSE UK archives
This section consists of archives brought together by Chris Newton and James Elder, and is displayed on a year by year basis (see drop down to the left). EURODEFENSE UK consists of a Council of Members and a Council of Patrons. The Council of Members (see Section Library below) is chaired by John Howe CB, OBE (President of EURODEFENSE UK) and the Council of Patrons is chaired by Andrew Douglas Bate MBE (past European President of EURODEFENSE and past President of EURODEFENSE UK) CONTACT : ED@north-house.com or call 0191 233 6355 What is EURODEFENSE? The EURODEFENSE association was created in March 1994 in order to: * Promote European security and defence identity. * Contribute to the development of a sense of European defence by concrete initiatives. * Help the establishment and reinforcement of links with fellow associations in each WEU country. 2001 marked the creation of a EURODEFENSE bringing together all the national associations and governed by a Memorandum of Understanding. All associations are driven by a common belief in the importance of a strong common defense and share a common belief that it is not possible to have defence without Europe nor Europe without defence. The associations therefore have as their mission: To pursue the search for a united and effective European defence. EURODEFENSE believe that European defence cooperation is indispensable if Europe is to be major strategic player. No European country can hope to preserve its role and its influence without deeper cooperation.. EURODEFENSE is committed to promote and secure recognition of the following points: * The broad common interest of EU members in the fields of security and defence means that they have to rapidly acquire the capability for rapid decision taking and for action. * The breadth of their security and defence interests underlines the need for keeping a strategic alliance with the USA. * In an environment of international competition close cooperation among European defence industries is indispensable in order to create a common technological and industrial base. * The strengthening of the European strategic position demands that the economic, industrial and technological resources of its members should be combined and unified. * The network is managed by a council of Presidents which meet twice a year, and an annual conference of member associations. * EURODEFENSE France provides the general secretariat for EURODEFENSE as a whole. The first national associations were in France, Germany, then in Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Portugal, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece, Hungary and Romania. The EURODEFENSE organisation is looking forward to extending to the whole EU. Each national association has the name EURODEFENSE followed by the name of the country in the national language.
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