MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Cooperation with EUROGENDFOR – P-002299/2024

Priority question for written answer  P-002299/2024/rev.1
to the Council
Rule 144
Özlem Demirel (The Left)

The European Gendarmerie Force (EUROGENDFOR) is an association comprising a number of European countries that have police forces with a ‘robust mandate’. Those forces can be deployed in war zones under the command of the military.

• 1.What plans do the Council and its relevant working groups have to bring about closer cooperation with EUROGENDFOR? How will those plans be put into practice?
• 2.What role could a liaison officer play, and where would such an officer be based?
• 3.Does the Council believe that EUROGENDFOR could also be used in the context of EU measures in Ukraine, Moldova or Israeli-occupied Gaza, and in the Council’s view, which of those countries could be granted observer status in EUROGENDFOR?

Submitted: 29.10.2024