Leaders Meet in Berlin to Bolster EU Defense Force

, EU industry and government leaders are meeting in Berlin to discuss a host of defense topics, including making sure that European mobile battle groups are ready to report for duty early next year. 
 
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Germany's Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung and his French counterpart Michele Alliot-Marie were among the 2000 participants who met in Berlin on Monday for the opening of the two-day Congress of European Defense. 
 
"We are not dealing with NATO matters, we are dealing with European defense," said conference chairman Reimar Scherz, a retired Brigadier General. "For us it is very important to have a status report on where we are and where we're going." 
 
"The decisions are taken in Brussels as far as European defense and security policies are concerned

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