In its work programme, the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council calls for the EU to be empowered to “safeguard its interests by acting as an effective security actor in its neighbourhood as well as in the rest of the world”.
To this end, the Presidency intends to support “EU initiatives for proactive engagements in a 360-degree approach, which will encompass both new and existing Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operations”.
In addition to continuing military...