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==Petersberg tasks==

The Petersberg tasks are the [[military]] tasks of a [[humanitarian]], [[peacekeeping]] and peacemaking nature that the [[European Union]] (EU) and the [[Western European Union]] (WEU) are empowered to do. They were defined in June [[1992]] at the Hotel PetersburgPetersberg near [[Bonn]] in [[Germany]] at a meeting of the Council of the WEU, where the member states agreed to deploy their troops and resources from across the whole spectrum of the military under the authority of the WEU. As a part of the partial merger of the WEU with the [[European Union]] these tasks now form a part of the [[European Security and Defence Policy]], and are central to strengthening the [[European Union]]'s second pillar, the [[Common Foreign and Security Policy]].

== Elements of the ESDP ==