Wednesday, November 21, 2018

EU Defense Ministers Agree On 17 New Joint Projects


Politico: EU to launch joint spy school, boost electronic warfare skills

Defense ministers agreed on 17 new joint projects. POLITICO has the list.

The defense ministers of 25 EU member countries agreed Monday on a joint EU intelligence school, along with 16 other new projects, as part of their military pact.

The new projects, signed off by the defense ministers of all the EU’s member countries except Denmark, Malta and the United Kingdom under the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) pact, range from improving training and facilities to boosting maritime operations and air systems, as POLITICO reported before their official adoption.

The establishment of a joint EU spy school would be a big step forward for the bloc’s intelligence community. Until recently, a significant deepening of intelligence cooperation in the Union was blocked by the U.K., which viewed it as unwelcome competition to the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, made up of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Britain. With Brexit approaching, London no longer stands in the way.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This was talked about in great detail in 2017, particularly with PESCO. Only entering the news now due to Trump who shone some light onto it.

Bob Huntley said...

I guess Trump is good for something.

Anonymous said...

With Brexit there is the possibility for 4 more countries to defect.