In this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands Minister for Defence from 1986 to 1988 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, outlines the methods for recourse to the military units made available to WEU by the Member States, or forces answerable to WEU (FAWEU), while regretting the inherent difficulties in setting up multinational forces.

In this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands Minister for Defence from 1986 to 1988 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, discusses the various operations led by the forces answerable to WEU (FAWEU), in particular Eurocorps, Eurofor and Euromarfor, whose actions prove their capability in crisis management.