Belgium Weighs Military-Trained Reserve Force to Bolster Domestic Security
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(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yoon-gyeong = Belgium, which is watching neighboring France, which turned into an asura due to the worst protests in years, with concern, riots...
Minister of Defence Theo Francken (N-VA) wants to establish a ‘gendarmerie 2.0’, a police unit with military training to, in the event of riots,...
Close Table Franken and His Plan for a Police-Armed Unit: "Inventing the 20th Brol Is Not Necessary"
The mayor of the City of Brussels, Philippe Close (PS), does not see the usefulness of creating a new unit involving the police and the army to participate in the maintenance of law and order, as recommended by the Minister of Defence, Theo Francken (N-VA). According to him, the important thing is to finance the police properly. ...
Theo Franken, Minister of Defence of Belgium, has initiated the establishment of new paramilitary units to combat street riots. In peacetime, mobile units will operate under the supervision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and, in the event of geopolitical conflict, will be able to carry out tasks within the defence agency, transmitting RIA News with reference to the Belgian TV channel RTL. "I think we need a gendarmerie 2.0", Franken said. T…
Minister of Defence Theo Francken (N-VA) wants to set up a "gendarmerie 2.0" to reinforce the police with militarily trained personnel. "The cat-and-mouse game in the streets of Brussels or Liège calls for a proportionate response," he says. Together with Minister of the Interior Bernard Quintin (MR), he will present a concrete proposal to the government in the coming weeks.
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