European Defence Spending hit new high in 2019
Brussels, 28 January 2021. Today, the European Defence Agency (EDA) published its annual Defence Data report for the year 2019,
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EDA Annual Conference: “Sustaining European Defence”
By Paolo Valpolini The annual European Defence Agency (EDA) Conference took place on December 3-4. this year in a virtual
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Keynote Speech – Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, European Commission
“One year ago we have started with a great ambition: Commissioner von der Leyen made it clear that this Commission
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Keynote Speech – Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General, NATO
In his keynote speech the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană first underlined how the topic of the conference
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Opening Speech – Josep Borrell, Head of the EDA, High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission
On Day 2 of the EDA Annual Conference it was the turn of Josep Borrell Fontelles to give the opening
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Delivering on Military Effectiveness: from Priorities to Implementation
Following the opening speeches it was time for the first roundtable, which topic was “Delivering on Military Effectiveness: from Priorities
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The Military Viewpoint – Gen. Claudio Graziano, Chairman, EU Military Committee
The third speaker of the Day 1 EDA Annual Conference was Gen. Claudio Graziano, former Italian CHOD and currently the
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Presidency Statement – Benedikt Zimmer, State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Germany
This semester it is the turn of Germany to chair the European Council; it was thus the German Defence State
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Welcome Address – Jiří Šedivý, Chief Executive, EDA
In his welcome address on Day 1 Jiří Šedivý, the EDA Chief Executive, underlined the role of European Union (EU)
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EDA: Ministers presented with new opportunites for joint military capabilities to overcome fragmented european defence landscape
Brussels, 20 November 2020.The first ever overview of the European defence landscape, the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) report,
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