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Basic Facts The Political and Security Committee (PSC) is a key institution regarding the common foreign and security policy as well as the Unionâs common security and defense Policy. The committee is part of the Council of the European Union and is therefore a substantial part of the European Unionâs Read more…
Basic Facts The European Union Foreign Affairs Council (EU FAC) is a formation of the European Council which was created by the treaty of Lisbon in 2009. There are four different formats of this council formation and four possible constellations. The foreign, defence, development or trade ministers can meet in Read more…
Basic Facts In July 2004, the EU decided to form the EU Battlegroups (EUBG), an initiative, which was especially advocated by Germany, France, and Great Britain. Also smaller member states were initially involved in the project, as it offered them an opportunity to take part to the European Unionâs Permanent Read more…
Basic facts The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) is a European agency based in Paris that provides to European institutions and member states, scientific analysis and studies about the foreign, security and defence policy issues. This agency has been created in 1989 to serve the Western European Union Read more…
Basic Facts The Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) is a permanent operational headquarters, part of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS). It has been created the same year as the EUMS in 2017. It is based in Brussels, Belgium and it is under control of the General Director of Read more…
Basic Facts The work of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS) and the Intelligence Directorate has to be seen in the broader context of the European security framework. The development of the European Security Strategy (ESS) and the launch of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) missions in the early Read more…
Basic Facts The European Union Military Staff (EUMS) is a department of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), that has been created in 2002 to assist the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Its headquarters is based in Brussels, Belgium. Since 2020, the General Director Read more…
Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en Matière dâArmement (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) Basic Facts The OCCAr is a multi-programme organization with multiple sites all around Europe. Its headquarters are located in Bonn, Germany. Its executive administrator since 2019 is Matteo Bisceglia, an Italian Admiral, formal director of the National Armaments Read more…
Basic Facts The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) is a European Agency based in TorrejĂłn de Ardoz, Spain. Since 2019, its director is the Rumanian diplomat Sorin Dumitru Ducaru. He previously held several key positions at NATO and is a specialist of Cyber Defense issues. Before becoming a European Agency Read more…
Basic Facts The Franco-German Brigade, deployed on 2 October 1989, is a binational major military unit at brigade level. The idea of a close military cooperation has been formulated in the ElysĂŠe Treaty in 1963. In 1987, German chancellor Helmut Kohl and French president François Mitterand agreed to set up Read more…