Check against delivery!

I have to say that I was looking at you all signing something that, just one year ago, most of us and most of the rest of the world considered impossible to achieve. I am receiving this notification with a lot of satisfaction, but also a lot of sense of responsibility. This is the beginning of a common work: 23 Member States engaging both on capabilities and on operational steps is something big.

We are definitely turning to a historic moment in European defence and the notification letter is open also for other Member States that might wish to join at a later stage. And I will now carry on the work, to try and make sure that the Council decision can be taken by the end of the year, as we discussed. I thank you very much for all your work and our common work in the future.

Thank you very much, merci beaucoup.  

Link to the video: https://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?ref=I146444

See here the press release: Defence cooperation: 23 Member States sign joint notification on the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)