"The great danger that has to be avoided is the latent temptation of renationalizing the defense, which led to trembling experiences in the history of Europe." The words were spoken last week by the Eurocorps commander, Lieutenant-General Pedro Pitarch, in a speech held in Romania, at the National Defense College. The General, former head of the Land Forces in Spain, considers also that "Europe has an urgent need to raise the quality of the common security" and suggested that it would be appropriate to look less to the past and more to the future.

"The great danger that has to be avoided is the latent temptation of renationalizing the defense, which led to trembling experiences in the history of Europe." The words were spoken last week by the Eurocorps commander, Lieutenant-General Pedro Pitarch, in a speech held in Romania, at the National Defense College. The General, former head of the Land Forces in Spain, considers also that "Europe has an urgent need to raise the quality of the common security" and suggested that it would be appropriate to look less to the past and more to the future.

Pitarch's model focuses on solving an equation with three unknown terms. The first of these is the continued functioning of certain NATO military structures. Because, according to the Eurocorps commander, "NATO remains the milestone of the European defense." The Spanish General elegantly used the word "probably" when he referred to the need for restructure of the North-Atlantic Alliance.

The second term of the equation is the one that gives the biggest problems: the efficiency and reorganization of the European multinational forces. "Some see any attempt to transfer the military self-determination as a way to undermine the national identity," said the commander of Eurocorps. General Pedro Pitarch has warned that an important factor act