On Friday 16 November the European External Action Service announced the launch of a major civil-military crisis management exercise on Monday 19 November EU-HEX-ML 18 (PACE).
"It is the first time the EU leads a crisis management and response exercise of this scale", according to the EEAS.
The objective is to improve and strengthen the EU's ability to respond to a complex crisis of a hybrid nature with an internal and external dimension as well as cooperation with NATO, according to the...