Basic Facts The Political and Security Committee (PSC) is a key institution regarding the common foreign and security policy as well as the Union’s 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 Union’s 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 European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) is a European Agency based in Torrejón 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 Founded in 1993, the European Corps (Eurocorps) represents a multinational military corps, which counts approximately 1.000 troops within its HQ (headquarter) and more than 6.000 troops in the Franco-German Brigade. The latter brigade is its single operational arm that is under permanent command, while the main focus lies Read more
Basic Facts The European Defense Agency (EDA) that is located in Brussels, Belgium, has been created in 2004 with the objective to promote defense capabilities through more European cooperation. It has 26 member states, which basically represent the EU members except Denmark and has established agreements with non-EU countries, such Read more