Talk:EUFOR

Accuracy disputed

There are very serious problems with the accuracy of this article. It is not even certain that there is any permanent military force called EUFOR. As far as Bosnia is concerned, EUFOR is simply a replacement acronym for SFOR. The article implies that the Congo EUFOR is part of the same military force, but again it is a mission acronym. If both missions end, then there is no EUFOR.

The article states that "The EUFOR or European Union Force is an international military force under the supervision of the European Council." However the EUFOR-Bosnia website clearly indicates that its chain of command falls under NATO. It does not appear to be commanded by any EU body, and the EU has no powers to engage in military operations anyway.

The article also states that it is a 'purely European force', but then says it includes Canadian forces. All in all, the article conveys the sense of a nascent EU army. There is no such army, and currently no such project - it would strike at the heart of national sovereignty, and it would be the most controversial thing the EU had ever done.Paul111 19:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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Name and description

It would appear to me that "EUFOR" can refer to use of certain types of force under the command of the European Union in any of a number of operations. The BiH operation seems to be called "EUFOR - Althea". Another operation was "EUFOR RD Congo". If this is true, the text could be changed to reflect that "EUFOR" is an umbrella term for several operations, or the article title could be changed to "EUFOR - Althea", though that might also require changes to the text. --Boson 14:05, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 09:53, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

proposed split

It seems that there are three EUFORs with little commonality, resulting in this page being a mess. I propose the movement of content to EUFOR - Althea, EUFOR TCHAD/RCA and EUFOR - DR Congo. This page then become a disambiguation page or, if someone can figure out if there is an underlying structure, a description of that structure. Thoughts? - BanyanTree 19:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree, and I've spun off EUFOR Althea, which was a preexisting article title. The underlying structure is actually the European Union Military Staff, and possibly the whole article needs to be wound up eventually and the remains put there, or at Military of the European Union. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:17, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

And I've broken off subpages for the Chad/CAR and DR Congo missions. Arguably the DR Congo section was skimpy enough to keep merged in, but I lean towards allowing direct wikilinking rather than to sections. I'm prepared to be overruled though. Thanks, BanyanTree 03:35, 5 December 2007 (UTC)