The Twenty-Seven had not spoken about defense and security since June 2018. They looked into the subject on Friday morning, during the virtual European Council started the day before.
With the objective of having a "
strategic compass
" - equivalent to a "
white paper
" - in a year, in March 2022. This is at least the wish of Paris, since France will exercise the presidency in early 2022. of the EU and that
the
bloc's “
strategic autonomy
” is a subject dear to the President.
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“
Since 2017, we have made a lot of ground in this Europe of defense with the permanent structured cooperation, with the launch of
the European Defense Fund
, the European Peace Facility, the launch of the European intervention initiative, moreover declared Thursday evening Emmanuel Macron.
We are now opening a new chapter which should help us project ourselves to the 2030 horizon to adapt our current tools to future challenges and anticipate new forms of threats,
”he added.
Dealing with threats
The first part
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