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Encyclopedia > European Gendarmerie Force

The European Gendarmerie Force or EGF was launched by an agreement between five members of the European Union (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands) and its purpose was the creation of a European intervention force which would have military police (gendarmerie) functions, and be specialized in crisis management. More countries will be allowed to join in the future. A gendarmerie (French) is a military body charged with general police duties. ...


The EGF will be based in Vicenza, in northeastern Italy and will have a core of 800-900 members ready to deploy within 30 days, including elements from the French Gendarmerie, the Italian Carabinieri, the Portuguese Guardia Nacional Republicana, the Dutch Royal Marechausee and the Spanish Civil Guard. A pool of 2300 reinforcements will be in standby. Vicenza (population 107,223) is the capital of the province of Vicenza in the Veneto region, northern Italy at the northern base of the Monti Berici, straddling the Bacchiglione. ... Gendarmes Gendarmes guarding the Paris Hall of Justice Gendarmerie motorcyclists police the roads and autoroutes of rural France. ... The Carabinieri is the shortened (and common) name for the Arma dei Carabinieri, an Italian military corps of the gendarmerie type with police functions, which also serves as the Italian military police. ...


The proposal for this force was first made by Defence Minister of France, Michelle Alliot-Marie, on September 2003. The agreement was finally signed by the defence ministers of the five countries on September 17, 2004 in Noordwijk, Netherlands. 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2003. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Noordwijk (population: 24,452 in 2004) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ...


On Monday 23rd January 2006, the EGF will be officially inaugurated during a military ceremony in the Gen. CHINOTTO barracks in Vicenza (Italy).


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