Vlada upoznata s Memorandumom o sudjelovanju u borbenoj skupini EU
https://www.morh.hr/vlada-upoznata-s-me ... kupini-eu/
Die kroatische Regierung hat heute bei ihrer 52. Ministerratssitzung das
Memorandum of Understanding zwischen dem Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung der Republik Österreich, dem Verteidigungsministerium der Republik Kroatien, dem ungarischen Verteidigungsministerium, dem Verteidigungsministerium der Republik Italien und dem Verteidigungsministerium der Republik Slowenien über die Grundsätze zur Aufstellung und Aufrechterhaltung der DECI Battle Group der Europäischen Union, die in der zweiten Hälfte des Jahres 2021 der Europäischen Union bereitgestellt werden soll (EUBG 2021-2) beschlossen. Die Führung der EUBG 2021-2 liegt bei Italien. Kroatien wird bis zu zehn Militärangehörige für die EUBG stellen.
52. sjednica Vlade Republike Hrvatske
https://vlada.gov.hr/sjednice/52-sjedni ... 1820/31820
- Prijedlog zaključka u vezi s Memorandumom o suglasnosti između saveznog ministra obrane Republike Austrije i Ministarstva obrane Republike Hrvatske i Ministarstva obrane Mađarske i Ministarstva obrane Talijanske Republike i Ministarstva obrane Republike Slovenije u vezi s načelima za uspostavu i djelovanje DECI borbene skupine Europske unije koja će biti stavljena na raspolaganje Europskoj uniji u drugoj polovici 2021. godine (EUBG 2021-2)
https://vlada.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/201 ... -%2018.doc
Österreich wird nach der EUBG 2021-2 voraussichtlich erst wieder an den EUBGs 2025-1 und 2025-2 teilnehmen:
Die EUBG 2021-2 stellt das ganze Konzept noch mehr in Frage, als es bei den bisherigen Battle Groups der Fall war:
Declaration of forces for EU combat groups in trouble (4. Januar 2021)
There is a noticeable disparity in Croatia’s contribution to these two combat groups. The reason is Croatia’s policy of contributing to EU combat groups, whereby the Republic of Croatia is determined to participate with significant forces (ie up to 250 members of the CAF) every 3 to 4 years, while in the meantime it symbolically contributes to individual combat groups in accordance “with its interests and opportunities”. As in 2018 the Government decided that the CAF would give up to 250 of its members for EUBG 2020-2, so this three-month extension could not apply to fewer people. This is the 3rd time Croatia has been operating in the German-led EU combat group – the first engagement was in 2012, then in 2016, and the third time the engagement in the German combat group began quietly on July 1, 2020.
Given the significant size of this contingent, there are no surprises in the symbolic engagement within the framework of EUBG 2021-2 under the leadership of Italy. The engagement of the Croatian Armed Forces in the Italian combat group is a kind of tradition, although unlike 2017, when the purposefully organized forces of the Croatian Armed Forces for this group amounted to 25 Croatian soldiers, now the Croatian contingent is more than halved, with a maximum of 10 members.
Moreover, the crisis culminated in a lack of stand by forces in the first half of 2021. This is also the reason why, at the end of its presidency of the Council of the EU, Germany extended its engagement and the engagement of its combat group for the next 3 months in 2021. In fact, at the last meeting of EU defense ministers, held in November this year, it was established that there are not enough contributors or countries willing / able to command the EU combat group 2021-1. That is why German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has made additional commitments on behalf of the Bundeswehr, according to which the leading role of the German Armed Forces and the existing security of the forces will temporarily continue in the coming year. The official explanation was that the European Union – not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic – failed to implement plans in time to secure the next contingent, the EU Battlegroup 2021-1. Therefore, for the first three months of the new year, Germany will jump in together with the member states of the existing combat group.
As things look now, the period from April 1 to July 1, 2021 will apparently remain empty, without any declared combat group, and then from the beginning of July the Italian combat group will be on standby. This is by far the most drastic example of the crisis of the whole concept of EU combat groups, which obviously cannot be attributed only to the COVID-19 pandemic or the economic crisis. When Brussels also admits that it failed to “prepare the ground” in time, then this is a reason for serious doubt in the further meaning not only of this concept of EU combat groups, but in the sense of their continued existence in general. Of course, all this is a great lesson to all those who, without much insight into the real state of affairs, speak loudly about the European Army and announce its not so distant establishment, in one or another unrealistic way.
https://crosol.hr/eupresidency/en/decla ... n-trouble/