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THE SUNDAY TIMES
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/frontpage.html?2500565
May 27 2001 EUROPE
Euro army unveils Germanic anthem
We are marching the Euro-march
BRITISH troops who take part in operations with the new European rapid
reaction force (ERRF) are in for a shock. They will be marching to the beat
of a Germanic-sounding anthem, writes Michael Prescott.
The force is already under fire from Eurosceptics for its grand ambitions.
It is to have its own headquarters, flag and insignia, and politicians on the
Continent envisage it operating independently of Nato.
Yesterday it emerged that the new force also has its own marching tune.
It was played as troops in the existing Eurocorps, which is being transformed
into the ERRF, marched through Strasbourg to celebrate Europe Day earlier
this month.
"Eurocorps is the army of peace," sang soldiers from the five-nation force,
which will include the British military. "This peace will arrive. We are
marching the Euro-march."
The tune to which the words are set is accessible via the Eurocorps website
under the heading "European march".
A spokesman for the ERRF denied last week that it had an anthem, in
contradiction to the website. He declined to explain the origins of the tune
and the words on the website have been quietened, making them difficult to hear.
The words were in Spanish, though they would be expected to be translated into
all EU languages.
The music, however, speaks volumes. "I have a CD of German military marches
with the Berlin police choir and it sounds exactly like that," said Dalwyn Henshall,
principal lecturer in music at Canterbury Christchurch University College in Kent.
"It sounds like a mixture between John Philip Sousa and a German military march.
It's exactly the sort of thing you expect for an army."
For the Conservatives, the anthem is the latest evidence that supporters of the
ERRF intend it to be a full-blown army. Iain Duncan Smith, the shadow defence
secretary, believes federalists want to supplant Nato and end America's military
presence on the Continent. "Tony Blair insists that Nato will have a veto over
this new European force, but all the evidence points the other way."
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said yesterday that he had never heard of the
new anthem. It was, he said, "very unlikely" that British troops would end up
marching to it. Blair and Hoon have promised to make between 18,000 and
24,000 troops available for ERRF operations, which they expect to be mainly
peacekeeping duties approved by Nato.
The government said early last year that the ERRF would not mean British troops
wearing European insignia. Six months ago, however, the Ministry of Defence
admitted that troops and vehicles on ERRF duty would go wear a logo
alongside national insignia.
Additional reporting: Jane Mulkerrins
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