There were numerous political, military and geographical reasons for the selection of Szczecin in Poland as the location for a new Corps. However, the main reason for establishing the new Corps and its Headquarters in Poland was the intention to accelerate the integration of the Polish Armed Forces into a Multinational Structure and by this to add to the stability in Europe.
In order to form and establish the Corps, a Tri-National Working Group was initiated and tasked to elaborate the particularities.In March 1998, the Tri-National Working Group forwarded a report with conclusions concerning the establishment of MNC NE. As a result, the Ministers of Defence of Denmark, Germany and Poland, signed the Corps Convention on 5th September 1998 which formed the legal basis for the establishment of MNC NE in Szczecin.
As soon as the Corps Convention was ratified by the national parliaments of Denmark, Germany and Poland in 1999, the MULTINATIONAL CORPS NORTHEAST (MNC NE) was officially inaugurated on 18th September 1999.
