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Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
EU Member states have committed themselves to a Common Foreign Security Policy for the European Union.
On the 18th and 19th July, the Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), General Claudio Graziano, payed an official visit to Slovakia where he was warmly welcomed by the Slovak Chief of Defence, General Daniel Zmeko.
At the June European Council, EU leaders adopted ‘A new strategic agenda 2019 – 2024’, charting the way for the EU to strengthen its role in the rapidly changing global environment.
Apart from discussion on the EU Global Strategy, Central Asia Strategy, or Black Sea, a number of current global issues were on the agenda of the 17 June Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, ranging from the situation in Venezuela to Sudan, Moldova, the Western Balkans.
EU High Representative Federica Mogherini presented on 14 June the third report on the implementation of the EU Global Strategy, taking stock of the progress achieved and indicating the way forward in the EU external action in the coming years
In a changing security environment, a military approach alone is not sufficient to guarantee safety and stability. That is why the EU approach to security and defence is much broader. The European way to security builds on Europe’s trade-mark mixture of soft and hard power, on the coherent use of these different instruments – the so-called ''Integrated Approach'' – and on cooperation.
