An industrious European Council on defence
The December 2013 Council meeting set in motion a number of important “roadmaps” for defence-industrial policy in Europe. Now the member states, the European Defence Agency and European Commission need […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
Defence: The European Council matters
Defence matters. This is the opening sentence (probably the shortest ever) of the conclusions of the December 2013 European Council. And that matters too. (Photo credit: Irish Defence Forces, Flickr)
The December European Council on security and defence. The desired outcome. A proposal for a “Memo” for your Head of State/Government
Main Political Message: Defence Matters. It’s about Europe’s place on the world stage and the overall expectation that Member States ought to achieve the autonomy to launch crisis management operations, […]
Commentaries
Coelmont: the desired strategic outcome of the EU Council on defence
Will the EU summit on 19 December 2013 be seen as a milestone in the development of our Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), similar to the St. Malo meeting […]
The European Council and defence: the state of our ambition
Does Europe still have an ambition in defence beyond that of its academics, i.e. to write papers about it? When the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, put […]
Other publications
A bipolar alliance for a multipolar world
This volume brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to examine the significance of 9/11 for the transformation of the Atlantic Alliance over the last decade. Blending […]
Events
Strategic Autonomy and the European Defence Industry – POSTPONED
POSTPONED Conference on the strategic autonomy of the EU, with Pierre Delsaux (Deputy Director-General, DG Defence Industry and Space, European Commission), Lieutenant-General Rudy Debaene (National Armaments Director, Belgium), and Georges […]
Webinar: EU Industrial Policy and Recovery and Resilience Strategies
The recording of this event is available here. In March 2020 the European Commission adopted a series of initiatives in order to restore Europe’s leadership in industries that will be […]
Closing the Gap: an online international conference on cyber, digital and tech
If you wish to see again the keynotes, roundtables and workshops delivered during this Conference, you can watch them all on demand! Click here. As part of the European […]
June 2020: Belgian Generic Training on Civilian Crisis Management
This integrated course on request of MFA is regularly organized by the Egmont Institute with support of the Belgian Federal Police and the Ministry of Justice. It aims at consolidating […]