EU policies are the result of the member states’ needs and their perceptions of what the EU can do better than them individua­lly. This is particularly true when applied to European intergo­vernmental policies developed within the EU framework, like the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).

The document seeks to provide better understand ing on the insights of 7 EU capitals vision regarding CSDP. It is about the perspective of different academics and analysts from various think-tanks, from the inside, not the already known institutional stance of each capital.

In these times of uncertainty, knowing a little more about how much and why different countries understand and support CSDP should contribute to the ongoing debate on the future of European security and defense.

You can read here the online version.

Authors present.

Natividad Fernández Sola
Sven Biscop
Tuomo Melasuo
Agnieszka Bienczyk-Missala
Abel Romero 

Agenda of the meeting

16:00: Welcome  by EGMONT

– Opening remarks by IEEE Director, BGen (Army) Victor Bados 
General view on the work by book coordinator, Ms Natividad Fernández Sola

– Highlights from diferent chapters to be presented by authors

– Closing remarks by Ms Natividad Fernández Sola

16:35: Q&A session

17:00: Coffee

17:30: End

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