The Polish presidency of the EU Council, which begins its term on 1 January, wishes to focus on defence, emphasising the need for concerted and ambitious action.
“Europe is grappling with the consequences of Russia’s third year of armed aggression against Ukraine and the need to strengthen its own defence capacity”, the presidency emphasises in its programme.
“We need concerted and ambitious action on European defence, complementing the efforts of NATO”, it indicated. According to...