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Reinforcing cooperation between NATO and the European Union

This Wednesday, the Minister of National Defence highlighted the major challenges and priorities for cooperation between the EU and NATO and the Strategic Compass at the Interparliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), an initiative organised by the Parliamentary Dimension of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union. João Gomes Cravinho believes that “cooperation between the European Union and NATO is a national and a European priority and has come to the fore in the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU”. According to the Minister, at a time when we are experiencing conjunctural political changes, with the recently elected President of the United States, Joe Biden, reaffirming his commitment to the Atlantic Alliance, “doors are being opened to strengthening transatlantic relations”.

The Conference Finding Direction with a Strategic Compass? Reflections on the Future of EU Security and Defence

The high-level conference on the topic “Finding Direction with a Strategic Compass? Reflections on the Future of EU Security and Defence” took place on 19 February 2021 under the auspices of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Portuguese Defence Minister, João Gomes Cravinho, opened the conference, which was also addressed by the Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Charles Fries, and the Director of the European Defence Agency (EDA), Jiří Šedivý. This event was part of the Portuguese Defence Ministry’s initiatives during the Portuguese Presidency and the semester of “strategic dialogue”, to prepare the Strategic Compass, the document providing the new CSDP guidelines. Wholly online, the proceedings attracted an audience of over 200 people from think thanks, academic circles, and the main institutions of the EU and the Member States.

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