Transcript A Stronger CSDP: Deepening Defence Cooperation

A Stronger CSDP: Deepening Defence Cooperation
Netherlands EU Presidency Seminar
Marine Establishment Amsterdam, 20-21 January 2016
Opening by the seminar chairman:
Lt.Gen. (ret.) Ton van Loon, former Commander of 1st German-Netherlands Corps
EU Presidency kick-off on deepening defence cooperation
Netherlands Minister of Defence, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Session 1: What European defence is needed?
Issues: impact of the new security challenges; CSDP in the evolving role of the EU as a
security provider; closing the gap between political aims and realising better military
capabilities; the scope for deepening European defence cooperation; the do’s & don’ts
Chaired by Jacki Davis, MDC:
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Michel Barnier, Special Advisor for Security & Defence to the President of the
European Commission
Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary-General, European External Action Service
Nick Witney, European Council on Foreign Relations (former Chief Executive EDA)
Ian Lesser, Senior Director for Foreign and Security Policy, Executive Director
Transatlantic Center Brussels, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Session 2: How to deepen European defence cooperation?
Issues: potential, priorities and red lines; lessons learned from bilateral and regional clusters;
less voluntarism and more political steering; White Book
Chaired by Brooks Tigner, Jane’s Defence Weekly:
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Olivier de France, Research Director, French Institute for International and Strategic
Affairs (IRIS)
Wim Bargerbos, Netherlands Defence Policy Director
Marcin Kaźmierski, Polish Defence Policy Director
Major-General Christian Badia, Commander European Air Transport Command
Session 3: Instruments for deepening European defence cooperation
Issues: increasing peer pressure; accountability potential; more active use of benchmarks;
scope for (financial) incentives; cooperating in smaller groups
Chaired by Brooks Tigner, Jane’s Defence Weekly:
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Lowri Evans, Director-General, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Ana Gomes, Security & Defence Subcommittee, European Parliament
Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
General Jean-Paul Perruche, President EuroDéfense-France (former Director-General
EU Military Staff)