On Wednesday 21 October, the European Parliament adopted a report by Radosław Sikorski (EPP, Poland) on the Implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) (464 votes in favour, 90 against, 137 abstentions), calling on the Member States participating in this PESCO to move from a strictly national vision of defence to a stronger European approach.
Stressing that no single Member State is capable of remedying the capability shortfalls identified, MEPs claim that...