European Union External Action
EU Member states have committed themselves to a Common Foreign Security Policy for the European Union. The European Security and Defence Policy aims to strengthen the EU's external ability to act through the development of civilian and military capabilities in Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management.
High Representative Federica Mogherini today chairs a meeting of the 28 EU defence ministers, to push forward work on the European security and defence agenda, and later brings together interior and development ministers to tackle both counterterrorism and migration.
The new edition of the CSDP handbook has arrived in Brussels at the ESDC. 3,760 kg of knowledge about the Common Security and Defence Policy were shipped from the Austrian Armed Forces Printing Centre to the ESDC Secretariat, and on 10 May, the handbooks were unloaded and stored in the headquarters of the College. Five ESDC staff each had to carry on average 715 kg to the second floor of the building, which was a good team-building exercise.
High Representative Federica Mogherini and the European Commission today presented a revitalised framework for joint action to build a stronger strategic partnership between Europe and Africa for more prosperity and stability in the two continents.
It is crucial for the European Union to push ahead on its security and defence agenda, because Europeans see the added value of the EU working together, High Representative Federica Mogherini underlined today.
High Representative Federica Mogherini today chairs an informal meeting of Defence Ministers of the 28 European Union Member States in Malta, where she also welcomed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Head of UN Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix for the first part of discussions.
Foreign Affairs Council of the 6th of March 2017
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