wannabe87. Try a google on "EU military piracy" as the EU Maritime Capability is already stirring.
EU ministers have committed to launch a Joint EU air and sea operation against pirates off Somalia. It is expected to last a year from its planned
December launch and will aim to coordinate its role with other international forces.
Germany would send one frigate, said Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung.
French Defence Minister Herve Morin stated that Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Britain would be involved in the task force.
It will have its headquarters in Northwood in Britain and British Rear Admiral Philip Jones has been proposed as its commander.
There are footnotes:
Some European politicians have criticised the push by the French EU presidency to deploy the EU force, saying it would draw on the same ships as NATO and was politically motivated to press a French drive for a stronger EU military role.
Geoffrey Van Orden MEP, Conservative defence spokesman, who has consistently questioned the motives of the EU military mission, said:
The EU has no useful military role to play in this, their involvement will just add confusion and complicate matters. The EU is desperate to find military operations that it can stick its flag on in order to give credibility to its defence pretensions. All EU countries planning to contribute frigates and destroyers to the "EU military mission" are already members of NATO, and contributing ships for anti-piracy operations.