By reconciling its history and its geography, greater Europe has begun to erase the traces of the fractures imposed by the Iron Curtain. Solidarity as well as bitterness buried in people’s memory have risen to the surface. In addition, should the stability of the Eurasian continent remain an absolute priority for the Europeans? From now on, the new European multinational forces are not primarily designed to be sent far away to where the EU has responsibilities to assume or citizens abroad to defend. These forces must play an intrinsic and primordial role in the prevention of tensions within the European continent. – Summary AFRI-2001