Joint Declaration by the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission, and the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

On the 8 July 2016, a Joint Declaration promoting the strategic partnership between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union was signed in response to global security challenges, in the context of the NATO Summit in Warsaw, 8-9 July 2016.

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/16/2460, 08.07.16: Remarks by President Jean-Claude Juncker at the joint press conference with Donald Tusk, President of the European Council and Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-16-2460_en.htm

ESO: Background information: NATO Summit, Warsaw, 8-9 July 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/nato-summit-warsaw-8-9-july-2016/

NATO: Topics: NATO-EU: a strategic partnership http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49217.htm

EU: EEAS: Security and defence http://eeas.europa.eu/security-defence/index_en.htm

NATO: Newsroom: Speeches and transcripts, 08.07.16: Press statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the signing ceremony of the EU-NATO Joint Declaration http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_133259.htm

ESO: Background information: Meeting: Foreign Affairs Council, 18-19 April 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-foreign-affairs-council-18-19-april-2016/

ESO: Background information: High Representative Mogherini presents EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy, June 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/high-representative-mogherini-presents-eu-global-strategy-for-foreign-and-security-policy/

ESO: Background information: Commission signs agreement with industry on cybersecurity and steps up efforts to tackle cyber-threats http://www.europeansources.info/record/commission-signs-agreement-with-industry-on-cybersecurity-and-steps-up-efforts-to-tackle-cyber-threats/

European Parliament: Press Release, 08.07.16: Nato summit: 'Europe has to do more on its own defence' http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160701STO34530/

ESO: Background information: NATO Summit Can Mark Start of Closer Cooperation with the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/nato-summit-can-mark-start-of-closer-cooperation-with-the-eu/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 08.07.16: NATO and the EU Agree to End Their Rivalry http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=64045

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