EU approves security policy for rapid reaction force

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has expedited the “Strategic Compass” security strategy, which allows the European Union to form a rapid reaction force. Germany has offered to provide the “military core.”

EU defense and foreign ministers on Monday adopted a new security strategy, known as “Strategic Compass.”

As part of the new strategy, the European Union will create a force of as many as 5,000 troops, an overhaul of the EU battlegroups that have existed only on paper since 2007.

The joint response forces are to be operational by 2025.

German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht told reporters ahead of the meeting that ”Germany can provide the military core.”