The Strategic Compass will strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy and its ability to collaborate with partners
The EU Council formally approved the “Strategic Compass”, the European instrument for increasing the Union’s defensive capacity which envisages, among other things, the establishment of an EU rapid deployment force up to 5,000 soldiers for different types of crises; and two hundred experts in common defense and security policy missions. The objective of the strategic compass is to make the EU a stronger and more capable security provider. “The EU must be able to protect its citizens and contribute to international peace and security. all the more important at a time when war has returned to Europefollowing the unjustified and unprovoked Russian aggression against Ukraine, as well as major geopolitical changes “, explained the Council in a statement.
The Strategic Compass will strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy and its ability to collaborate with partners to safeguard their values and interests. A stronger and more capable EU in matters of security and defense will contribute positively to the global and transatlantic security and is complementary to NATO, which remains the foundation of collective defense for its members, assures the Council. “The threats are on the rise and the cost of inaction is clear. The Strategic Compass is a guide to action. It sets an ambitious path for our security and defense policy for the next decade. It will help us face up to our security responsibilities, vis-à-vis our citizens and the rest of the world. If not now, when? “, Comments the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell.
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