15.09.08: French EU presidency wants EU closer to NATO - The Diigo Meta page

• 16 Sep 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

  eu-policies esdp eu-policy_memberstates French_Presidency_2008 NATO

  • The French EU presidency is to put forward a security package at the December summit aimed at relaunching the European security and defence policy (ESDP) with strong links to NATO, many measures of which were outlined at a Brussels conference on defence on Monday (15 September).
  • At the December EU summit, France will present a series of concrete measures in order to address these shortcomings, including the launch of joint military European training courses modelled on the Erasmus Programme - the civilian university student exchange system.

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