On this day, 32 years ago, November 5, 1993 (September 22, 1993 in the lunar calendar), the European Corps was established. On November 5, 1993, the General Staff of the Eurocorps, founded by France, Germany and Belgium, was officially established in Strasbourg, eastern France. The birth of this unified force in Europe has a major impact on European defense and security and has also become the focus of world attention. Europe has an armed force under unified command, which not only has symbolic political implications, but also plays a practical role in strengthening European defense. At that time, the process of European integration was being accelerated. The realization of European political union and the role of the European Community in European defense and security necessarily required an armed force that could command and deploy itself. Until the establishment of the Eurocorps, there was only one Western European Union without real power in Europe. This institution could only play a coordinating role in the defense policies of various countries. In the face of Europe's turmoil, such institutions are clearly unable to do much. The creation of the Eurocorps at least filled this gap. The Eurocorps plan clearly states that its mission is to act as a defence force for the Western European Union and to participate in humanitarian and peacekeeping operations in case of crisis. Before the establishment of the Eurocorps, NATO, led by the United States, was responsible for European security. Therefore, after the announcement of the Eurocorps plan, it immediately aroused anxiety and controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. France withdrew from NATO's Supreme Allied Command in Europe more than 30 years ago, and has always advocated European defense independence since then. After the end of the Cold War, it more clearly proposed the establishment of an independent European defense system with the Western European Union as the main body. The United States is extremely uneasy about this, fearing that it will weaken NATO's traditional position in European politics and defense, and thus put pressure on France. Within the European Community, countries have different reactions to France's propositions due to their different interests and strategic considerations and cannot reach an agreement. The hesitation held by Western European countries is also reasonable. Judging from the situation at the time, whether it was the Gulf War far away from Europe or the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina that was close at hand, without the direct intervention of the United States, Western Europe itself would be difficult to make a difference if its strength was weak. It can be said that NATO remains a reliable security guarantee for a troubled Europe. Faced with this reality, the French government made corresponding policy adjustments. At the end of 1992, it agreed that Eurocorps should be under the unified command of the NATO Supreme Command; An agreement reached with NATO in early 1993 stipulated that in the event of a crisis, French troops within the Eurocorps would accept NATO's "operational command". This agreement not only determined the relationship between the two, but also demonstrated that France still refuses to hand over all military power to NATO like other Western European countries. France only made concessions to NATO within a very limited range. The establishment of the Eurocorps has added new and more unpredictable factors to the complex and ever-changing situation in Europe.