1. Press releases

   EU Civilian Crisis Management: Member States review progress in strengthening civilian CSDP

   Languages: Français Civilian CSDP missions play a crucial role in the European Union’s work as a security provider, addressing security challenges including organised crime, terrorism and hybrid threats and this way contributing towards the level of ambition set in the EU Global Strategy. A year

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 14/11/2019

2. Remarks

   Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the press conference following the Foreign Affairs Council (defence)

   Check against delivery!  Thank you. We just concluded a working lunch with the Deputy Secretary-General of NATO [Mr Mircea Geoană] where we discussed the good  EU-NATO cooperation. He debriefed us on the preparation of the leaders’ meeting that NATO is going to have in London in the beginning of

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 12/11/2019

3. Factsheets

   Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)- factsheet

   In light of a changing security environment, the EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy (EUGS) started a process of closer cooperation in security and defence. EU Member States agreed to step up the European Union’s work in this area and acknowledged the need for enhanced coordination,

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 12/11/2019

4. Factsheets

   EU Asia Security

   With European prosperity and Asian peace and security closely connected, the European Union has decided to strengthen its security cooperation in and with Asia. This is also in line with the steps taken by the EU in the past years to strengthen its role as a global security provider: Europe and Asia

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 17/10/2019

5. Remarks

   Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini upon arrival at the Informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers

   Check against delivery! Good morning. We will have today an important meeting with the Ministers of Defence of the 28 Member States. We started already yesterday with an experiment that the Finnish Presidency has welcomed: we had a joint dinner not only with our friends and partners from NATO and

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 29/08/2019

6. Factsheets

   Reinforcing the EU-UN Strategic Partnership on Crisis Management

   The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) have a successful track record of close cooperation in crisis management around the world, dating back to the beginning of EU CSDP missions and operations. It is no coincidence that in 2003, when the EU deployed its first civilian and military

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 23/07/2019

7. Press releases

   EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia: mandate extended until 30 September 2019

   The operation's core mandate is to contribute to the EU's work to disrupt the business model of migrant smugglers and human traffickers in the Southern Central Mediterranean.

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 29/03/2019

8. Remarks

   Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the press conference following the informal meeting of the EU Defence Ministers

   Check against delivery!   Thank you. First of all, let me say how pleased I am to be in Bucharest, with this wonderful hospitality, for this perfectly-organised meeting yesterday and today of the Defence and Foreign Ministers of the 28 Member States of the European Union. I would like to personally

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 31/01/2019

9. Remarks

   Remarks by HR/VP Federica Mogherini at the press conference following the Foreign Affairs Council (Defence)

   Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the press conference following the Foreign Affairs Council (Defence)

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 20/11/2018

10. Factsheets

    Defending Europe: Improving Military Mobility within and beyond the European Union

    Creating a fully-fledged European Defence Union by 2025 is imperative to Europe's security and to build a Union that protects. A smooth, efficient and effective movement of military personnel and assets across and beyond the EU will enhance the EU's preparedness and response to crises. It

    Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 20/11/2018

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