SECURITY - DEFENCE / Defence

Artificial intelligence, climate, maritime security and hybrid threats on agenda for informal ministerial meeting

Brussels, 27/08/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Defence Ministers of the EU Member States will meet in Helsinki on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 August for an informal Council.

As usual, the ministers will start with an informal dinner on Wednesday on the theme of artificial intelligence and digitisation. “New technologies such as artificial intelligence are changing the operational environment for defence. We need cooperation to advance and exploit these new technologies. By cooperating, the EU can influence international...