The EU is set to review the way it has implemented the so-called permanent structured cooperation in the field of security and defence - PESCO for short - before the end of the year. It’ll be an opportunity to review strengths and weaknesses and see how to better match ambitions with capabilities to pursue its own security interests and become a strategic global security provide… but without clear purpose and direction, the EU’s quest for “strategic autonomy” could end up being little more than a catchphrase.

EPRS policy podcast - PESCO: Ahead of the strategic review

SEDE Committee - Exchange of views with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market - Presentation of the EDIS and the EDIP

SEDE Committee - Public Hearing: the European defence industry and the urgent need to replenish defence stockpiles within the EU

SEDE Committee - Public hearing -Public Hearing: the European defence industry and the urgent need to replenish defence stockpiles within the EU

SEDE Committee - Exchange of views with Margarita Robles, Minister of Defence of Spain, on  Spanish Presidency of the Council programme

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Claudio GRAZIANO, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with General Claudio GRAZIANO, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC)

SEDE seminar - NATO's 70th anniversary : future challenges for the Alliance

SEDE meeting - Exchange of views with General Claudio GRAZIANO, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC)

SEDE seminar - Ten years of CSDP - Study presentation and exchange of views

SEDE seminar - Exchange of views on the security situation in Iraq and EUAM Iraq

SEDE seminar - Exchange of views with on the military challenges in Sahel

AFET/SEDE/DROI Extraordinary meeting - Exchange of views with Jean-Pierre LACROIX, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations

Paneuropean working group - ' The Security of Europe: Challenges today and tomorrow '

SEDE meeting - EU preparedness against CBRN weapons

SEDE Committee - Exchange of views on EU Maritime Security Strategy implementing Action plan

SEDE Workshop -The further development of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on arms export control - Questions and answers

Plenary session week 50 2017 in Strasbourg - Annual report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy

LIBE Committee - Second LIBE Security Dialogue with the Commissioner in charge of Security Union : Countering terrorist narratives and progress made towards a Security Union

AFET/SEDE Public Hearing : ' The security dimension of climate change - what implications for EU Common Security and Defense Policy '

Amidst significant geopolitical uncertainty and threats, MEPs are set to call for decisive action to strengthen and protect the international rules-based order. EP Plenary holds a joint debate on how to strengthen European security and defence with the Council and Commission.In the draft report on the implementation of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy for 2023, MEPs urge the EU to develop robust strategic alliances, to accelerate EU enlargement and reform decision-making processes in response to a new geopolitical context. Parliament also assesses the implementation of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy report in the context of a rapidly deteriorating global security environment. Both reports will be put to a vote on Wednesday.

Joint Debate - European Security and Defence: closing statements by Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission and Mathieu MICHEL, Belgian State Secretary for Digitisation

Joint Debate - European Security and Defence: MEPs debate part 1

Joint Debate - European Security and Defence: round of political group speakers and Rapporteurs

Amidst significant geopolitical uncertainty and threats, MEPs are set to call for decisive action to strengthen and protect the international rules-based order. EP Plenary holds a joint debate on how to strengthen European security and defence with the Council and Commission. In the draft report on the implementation of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy for 2023, MEPs urge the EU to develop robust strategic alliances, to accelerate EU enlargement and reform decision-making processes in response to a new geopolitical context. Parliament also assesses the implementation of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy report in the context of a rapidly deteriorating global security environment. Both reports will be put to a vote on Wednesday. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Joint Debate - European Security and Defence: opening statement by Mathieu MICHEL, Belgian State Secretary for Digitisation, and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission

This news item shows extracts from the signature of six COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and José Manuel ALBARES BUENO, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council. The six COD LEX texts are about consumer credits, ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport , on the promotion of energy from renewable sources, on geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products, on establishing the European defence industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act and on the labelling of organic pet food.

LEX signing ceremony: signature of six COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and José Manuel ALBARES BUENO, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council

MEPs debate on new rules to incentivise EU countries to jointly procure defence products and support the EU’s defence industry. The new regulation, already agreed with member states, establishes a short-term instrument to boost the European defence industry through common procurement (EDIRPA) through to 2025. The tool should help member states address their most urgent and critical defence needs, especially those which have been exacerbated by the transfer of defence products to Ukraine, in a voluntary and collaborative way. Opening statement by Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE) and Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR, PL), Rapporteurs, Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Karlo RESSLER (EPP, HR), Rapporteur for BUDG. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA): opening statement by Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE) and Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR, PL), Rapporteurs, Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, European Commissioner for Environment

MEPs debate on new rules to incentivise EU countries to jointly procure defence products and support the EU’s defence industry. The new regulation, already agreed with member states, establishes a short-term instrument to boost the European defence industry through common procurement (EDIRPA) through to 2025. The tool should help member states address their most urgent and critical defence needs, especially those which have been exacerbated by the transfer of defence products to Ukraine, in a voluntary and collaborative way. Closing statement by Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE) and Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR, PL)

European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA): closing statement by Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE) and Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR, PL)

MEPs debate on new rules to incentivise EU countries to jointly procure defence products and support the EU’s defence industry. The new regulation, already agreed with member states, establishes a short-term instrument to boost the European defence industry through common procurement (EDIRPA) through to 2025. The tool should help member states address their most urgent and critical defence needs, especially those which have been exacerbated by the transfer of defence products to Ukraine, in a voluntary and collaborative way.

European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA): MEPs debate

Press conference by Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR, PL) on and Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE), rapporteurs on establishing the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI (ECR, PL) on and Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE), rapporteurs on establishing the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act

On the 14th September 2022, Ursula von der LEYEN, EC President, delivers her State of the European Union (SOTEU) speech in the European Parliament. This infoclip illustrates one of the main stake of the coming year: the war in Ukraine after the Russian invasion, its reconstruction and the Europe of defence.

Infoclip: War in Ukraine and Europe of defence

MEPs vote on The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine - David McALLISTER (EPP, DE) and Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR) and Security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of the common security and defence policy - Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI (ECR, PL).

Voting session: The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of the common security and defence policy

MEPs debate the role of the common security and defence policy in the context of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: MEPs debate

MEPs debate the role of the common security and defence policy. Opening statements by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE) and by Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), rapporteurs.

The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: opening statements by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE) and by Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, FR), rapporteurs

MEPs quiz EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep BORRELL FONTELLES on the EU’s security and defence strategy for the coming decade. The Strategic Compass, adopted by EU ministers and approved by the European Council last week, maps out the EU’s action plan to “protect its citizens, values and interests and contribute to international peace and security”. It calls on the EU to shoulder a greater responsibility for its own security and improve its collective self-defence capabilities.

Question time - The EU’s security and strategic compass: third part of the questions to Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union

Question time - The EU’s security and strategic compass: first part of the questions to Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union

The EU and the USA share one of the longest and most complex defence and security relationships. Impressively, 79 % of citizens in NATO countries, 21 of which are EU Member States, consider the relationship between North America and Europe as important in handling security challenges. However, this relationship has been tense, at times distrustful, and uncertain, in particular since 2017...

EPRS - EU-USA: a renewed security and defence alliance

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ursula VON DER LEYEN delivers the State of the European Union (SOTEU 2021) to the MEPs. Part 3 of the opening statement by Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission, on a Europe united in responsibility - Global - Security and Defence. Climate change and implementation of the Green Deal, Cop26, Climate finance, the events in Afghanistan, partnership with NATO, Hybrid and cyber attacks, creation of an European Defence Union, cyber security, partnerships with the US, the Balkans, the East and the Mediterranean, trade and Global Gateway, EU-Africa summit, ban for products made with forced labour and protection of human rights. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Part 3/5 - State of the European Union 2021 debate: opening statement by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, on a Europe united in responsibility - Global - Security and Defence

This infoclip illustrates an exercise of the Eurocorps in Alsace (France) : armed forces proceeding to the implementation of a military camp, security control, security patrol...

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