“We have always stressed it, and we stress it again: the EU must be proactive, far-sighted and have a long-term vision” in terms of defence, as well as a global, “360-degree” approach that includes all types of threats and all the EU’s geographical areas, Panayiotis Hadjipavlis, Defence Director of Cyprus’ Ministry of Defence, told a group of journalists on 1 April.
“In recent years, defence has become a priority for the EU. We insisted on a global approach within the European...