Finland, the European Union and NATO — Implications for Security and Defence

Military Transformation in Europe's Neutral and Non-Allied States

“…In this situation, military non-alliance, independent defence and EU membership were seen as the guarantors of Finnish security. 19 Simultaneously, Helsinki sought to realise a co-operative security policy within the framework of The NATO option did not appear anymore Marco Wyss the CFSP and PfP, and restructured its armed forces to increase interoperability for international missions: a reduction to 430,000 servicemen and twenty-two instead of twenty-seven brigades, of which three so-called Rapid Deployment Brigades were to be trained and equipped for PSOs (such as KFOR) within the PfP and UN frameworks. 20 Thereafter, Finland became a driving force in the development of the CFSP/ESDP, especially in the creation of a European Rapid Reaction Force.…”