translate English to French: From the military point of view, multinationality below corps level is less advantageous, since forces are weaker below that level and resources are spread out; furthermore, it also increases political difficulties, since weak cohesion appears to put the lives of national soldiers at greater risk. It is doubtful, below corps-level multinational force, whether troops of different nationalities will understand each other sufficiently well that different national groups can give each other the same support and protection as they are able to give their compatriots.
Lors de la réunion ministérielle du CAN à Sintra (Portugal) le 29 mai 1997, trois états-majors pilotes des GFIM ont été désignés :