| NATO, THE EU AND THE WEU AFTER THE COLD WAR
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| NATO | WEU
| EU
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| | 1990: Portugal and Spain join WEU
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| 1991: Rome Summit - New Strategic Concept adopted
| | 1991: Maastricht Treaty signed; CFSP Pillar to be founded
incorporating reference to WEU
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| | 1992: Bonn Ministerial—defines Petersberg
Tasks; Rome Ministerial—Associate Members
and Observers join
| 1992: Eurocorps established
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| 1993: EUROGROUP dissolved
| 1993: WEAG established
| 1993: Maastricht Treaty comes into effect—EC becomes EU
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1994: Partnership for Peace launched; Brussels Summit - CJTF
concept agreed, NATO assets declared available to WEU for
Petersberg Tasks
| 1994: Luxembourg Ministerial-Kirchberg
Declaration; Associate Partners (in parallel
with NATO's PfP) join; Nordwijk Ministerial
CEDP formulated
| 1994: First Anglo-French Defence Summit (Chartres)
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| | 1995: Greece joins WEU; Austria and Sweden
become Observers
| 1995: Austria, Finland and Sweden join EU
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| 1996: Berlin Summit - Role of WEU in ESDI defined
| 1996: Madrid Declaration (WEU's 'strategic
concept'); Slovenia becomes Associate Partner
| 1996: IGC initiated
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| | 1997: Brussels Declaration on WEU relations
with EU and NATO
| 1997: Treaty of Amsterdam signed - Petersberg Tasks to be
incorporated in CFSP
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| 1998: Pörtschach informal summit - EDI/CESDP launched; St
Malo Anglo-French Summit endorses EDI
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1999: Washington Summit - Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
join NATO; New Strategic Concept agreed; ESDI endorsed and
Berlin Plus concept defined; DCI initiated
| 1999: Bremen Ministerial—Czech Republic,
Hungary and Poland become Associate
Members; Luxembourg Ministerial - WEU
audit of assets declared
| 1999: Treaty of Amsterdam comes into effect; Cologne Summit -
High Representative for CFSP appointed, CESDP initiated,
incorporation of WEU functions into EU agreed; Helsinki Summit
- headline goal adopted; IGC initiated
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