A New Beginning for European Defence

In this Commentary feature the authors argued that it was time to move in 2018 past institutional integration and develop practical European security capabilities.

The EU had taken a step into this direction with PESCO, the Permanent Structured Cooperation, under whose umbrella concrete security projects were being developed. But this cannot be the end of the line. PESCO focused on small-scale technical projects instead of political initiatives that could capture the public imagination.

The author focuses on three areas:

+ More investment
+ New technologies
+ A combat-ready force

Munich Security Conference: European Defence Report, November 2017: More European, More Connected, More Capable: Building the European Armed Forces of the Future http://www.europeansources.info/record/more-european-more-connected-more-capable-building-the-european-armed-forces-of-the-future/

EUISS: Conference, 13.12.17: Building on vision, forward to action: Delivering on EU security and defence http://www.europeansources.info/record/building-on-vision-forward-to-action-delivering-on-eu-security-and-defence/

European Leadership Network: Commentary, 23.11.17: Macron’s 'European Intervention Initiative': More Questions than Answers http://www.europeansources.info/record/macrons-european-intervention-initiative-more-questions-than-answers/

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