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The EU and Conflict Management in African Emergencies

Since the beginning of the European Community, there have been ambitions to develop 'Europe' into a significant foreign policy actor with its own security and defence policy. The development of an independent European defence is a key to fulfilling this goal. The European rapid reaction force declared operational at the EU summit in Laeken in December 2001 may contribute to the EU's role as an international actor. A number of preconditions have to be fulfilled before the EU decides to deploy the force in, for example, sub-Saharan Africa. The article establishes that a number of conditions have already been fulfilled. It concludes that it is likely that the European military force will be used in crisis-management operations in sub-Saharan Africa. However, a decision to do so will only be taken if the deployment can serve the wider purpose of showing the European Union in its role as an international actor.