The ambassadors of the Member States to the EU approved, on Wednesday 29 June, the establishment and mandate of the ad hoc Working Party on defence industry.
This Working Party is in line with the ‘Strategic Compass’ (see EUROPE B12941A8), which provides for the strengthening of the European defence technological and industrial base throughout the Union. Thus, according to the mandate seen by EUROPE, the Working Party, which will be under the authority of the Committee of Permanent...