Charles Michel: Year of European Defense in 2022

“2022 will be the year of European defense,” said the President of the European Council. Charles Michel, during his speech at the Charlemagne International Prize ceremony in Brussels.

Charles Michel stressed that on October 6, the European Council will hold a strategic debate on the EU’s position in the world, in the light of recent geopolitical developments in Afghanistan, the Indo-Pacific and relations with China. This debate will continue, in the context of the EU “Strategic Compass”, until the European Council of March 2022, where European defense will be one of the main topics.

“We also have in front of us the preparation and adoption of a new declaration of strategic partnership between the European Union and NATO,” he added, while later in 2022, at the NATO Summit in Spain, the North Atlantic Alliance will talk about the new strategic doctrine.

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