“It is going to be quite a historic day today for European defence. Today, after so many years, the provision of the Lisbon Treaty establishing the possibility for the European Union Member States to have a Permanent Structured Cooperation on defence is going to be initiated” – said EU top diplomat upon her arrival at…
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EU building up a new defence structure
At the EU Summit the EU27 leaders reiterated their commitment to launch a new EU defence co-operation structure – Permanent structured co-operation (PESCO) – early next year. It will assemble member-state resources to conduct specific operations and provide funding for joint research and procurement. #EUDefence #EUCO welcomed progress made by Member States in preparing Permanent…
EU fast forward towards Common Defence
#EUCO European Council welcomes the significant progress made by Member States in preparing a Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) notification with a common list of commitments. It encourage those Member States in a position to do so to swiftly notify the Council and the High Representative Federica Mogherini of their intentions to participate in PESCO. This…
EU Global Strategy in the area of security and defence
The Foreign Affairs Council, 18.05.2017, will take stock of the implementation of the EU Global Strategy in the area of security and defence. Min @AbelaCarmelo doorstep prior today's mtgs #FAC Defence & Home Affairs:on the agendas #counter terrorism #effective solidarity #migration pic.twitter.com/t2fGCcYFX1 — MaltaPermRep 🇲🇹 🇪🇺 (@MaltainEU) May 18, 2017 Defence ministers will examine the…
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