Poland to leave Eurocorps?

Poland will withdraw from the Eurocorps force, RFM FM radio said, citing unnamed EU diplomat. The news was confirmed by the military body spokesman, who said to AFP that Poland will leave Eurocorps by 2020. “It is the decision of the Polish government,” Colonel Vicente Dalmau. However, Poland's Minister of Defence Antoni Macierewicz said that this information is false, and Poland will not be leaving the international military organization. RMF FM, cited budget cuts and the plan to strenghten Polish eastern flank instead as the main reasons for leaving the pan-EU forces. The European Corps, is an intergovernmental military corps of approximately 1,000 soldiers. It is not subordinate to any other military organization. It is deployed on the authority of the Common Committee representing the member nations.This committee considers requests for support from multinational organizations such as the UN, NATO, OSCE or EU. The Corps can also be deployed at the request of the framework nations. Member nations include Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain. Poland joined the Eurocorps in 2011 as an “associate-nation” was supposed to became a full member this year. Currently some 120 Polish officers serve in the organization.