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?Question for written answer E-001664/2020to the CommissionRule 138Rosa D'Amato (NI)Subject:Defender Europe 2020 On 21 January 2020, Jens Stoltenberg announced that NATO would be launching in the coming months one of the largest military exercises of the last 25 years? . ‘Defender Europe 2020’ involves the deployment of a force consisting of some 37 000 men from 18 countries, and in particular the deployment of 85 Abrams tanks, 45 armoured vehicles for the transport of military personnel, heavy machine guns, mortars and some 20 000 units from the United States to Europe? . Thousands of US soldiers will spread out across a number of European countries with the aim of testing European military infrastructure and the interoperability of allied armies, precisely at a time when the spread of Covid-19 is severely testing national authorities’ capability of addressing the health emergency of the last few weeks.In the light of the above, can the Commission answer the following questions:Has the European Union helped to organise the Defender Europe 2020 operation?Can it clarify what type of support has been provided by the Connecting Europe Facility and the development of dual-use infrastructure as regards the establishment of a Military Schengen area?Will it take any preventative measures to protect citizens’ health and avoid worsening the health situation in the Member States concerned? ................
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