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On May 6, the Council approved the participation of the United States, Canada and Norway in the Permanent Structured Cooperation’s (PESCO) Military Mobility project. The project was launched in 2018 and commits the participating states to synchronize their national activities to be able to face the emerging “ring of fire” in the European neighbourhood with a “seamless movement of troops.”
Naturally, PESCO’s projects stem from the members of the European Union converging on certain issues. The ability to construct wider partnerships provides the 25 participating states (Denmark and Malta are not participating) with a unique window of opportunity to address their own economic, military, and industrial blind spots in the defense sector.
The Council today approved conclusions affirming its determination to move forward on implementing the EU s security and defence agenda, enabling the EU to take more responsibility for its own security.
In line with its Strategic Agenda 2019-2024, the Council calls for the EU to pursue a
more strategic course of action and to increase its
capacity to act autonomously. The EU should promote its interests and values and be able to tackle global security threats and challenges.
Against this background, an ambitious and actionable
Strategic Compass will enhance and guide the implementation of the level of ambition on security and defence. The Council therefore calls on the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to
Security and defence: EU to move forward on common security and defence
The Council today approved conclusions affirming its determination to move forward on implementing the EU s security and defence agenda, enabling the EU to take more responsibility for its own security.
In line with its Strategic Agenda 2019-2024, the Council calls for the EU to pursue a more strategic course of action and to increase its
capacity to act autonomously. The EU should promote its interests and values and be able to tackle global security threats and challenges.
Against this background, an ambitious and actionable
Strategic Compass will enhance and guide the implementation of the level of ambition on security and defence. The Council therefore calls on the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to
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EDITOR’s TAKE
Earlier this week, the EU suspended plans for a trade deal with China and is now reviving efforts for a similar pact with India.
Both the EU and India are wrestling with the growing power of China – and China’s rise is inevitably set to bring Brussels and Delhi closer together, be it in trade, infrastructure partnerships or regional security.
The idea: to join forces to develop an alternative to the Chinese Silk Road initiative.
At the same time, Delhi’s growing rivalry with Beijing, manifested through repeated violent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers on the border in the Himalayas over the past year or so, has led to a strategic reorientation.