A Doable Agenda for the European Defence Council 2013
Three Proposals
SWP Comment 2013/C 28, 29.08.2013, 4 Pages Research AreasThree Proposals
SWP Comment 2013/C 28, 29.08.2013, 4 Pages Research AreasThe EU heads of state and government have made their December European Council a litmus test for Europe's commitment to global security and defence. Yet the summit's agenda is a patchwork of dozens of tiny bureaucratic dossiers that will neither get CSDP back on track nor impress anybody outside Europe. To make the Council a success member states should opt for a sober assessment of the current situation through a European defence review as a basis for future decision making, increase their capacity to act jointly on defence matters by bolstering the European Defence Agency and agree on a small number of bold and realistic flagship projects.