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Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO

Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO. H.G.J. Kamp Minister of Defence, The Netherlands. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO. Development, production and and procurement of military assests increasingly require

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Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO

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  1. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO H.G.J. Kamp Minister of Defence, The Netherlands

  2. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • Development, production and • and procurement of military • assests increasingly require • international co-operation

  3. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • Two questions; • - How far has Europe progressed • with the capability development • process within the EU and NATO?

  4. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • - What more does Europe need to do • to meet the capability requirements • of the EU and NATO?

  5. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • Three Issues: • 1. Europe needs more military • capabilities for high quality • performance in crisis management

  6. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • 2. European defence efforts are too • fragmented due to a lack of • multinational co-operation

  7. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • 3. Co-operation between EU and • NATO is essential for effective • capability improvement

  8. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • Seven starting points for discussion: • 1. European governments must take • their responsibility in implementing • defence reforms • 2. We should look for innovative • solutions for the most pressing • shortfalls

  9. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • 3. Make sure that EU and NATO • continue to work in the same • direction • 4. A more open and competitive • defence market is beneficial for the • enhancement of European • capabilities

  10. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • 5. We should work to harmonise the • requirements for our future • capabilities

  11. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • 6. Europe needs a strategy for • collaboration on research and • technology, as well as extra • financial resources to implement • that strategy

  12. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • 7. European governments but also • defence industries should co- • operate more in order to create • economies of scale

  13. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • In conclusion: • - National interests and the common • European interest will constantly • compete for priority

  14. Enhancing Military Capabilities within the EU and NATO • - Multinational co-operation and • European integration in the field of • Defence are feasible if countries live • up to notion of shared responsibility • for Europe´s military shortfalls

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