SECURITY - DEFENCE / Defence

Council of the EU calls for further progress in implementation of PESCO

Brussels, 14/05/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday, 14 May, Defence Ministers urged further progress in the implementation of the permanent structured cooperation (PESCO), established in December 2017 (see EUROPE B11923A2) and involving 25 Member States. 

While the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, told the press that the implementation of the PESCO was "swift and good", the Council of the EU, in a recommendation it adopted after discussing the first full year of...