European Defence Talks - Fifth Edition - Beyond Ukraine: what defence for Europe?

EUROPEAN DEFENCE TALKS

FIFTH EDITION

Beyond Ukraine: what defence for Europe?

FONDATION UNIVERSITAIRE DE BELGIQUE

11 rue d’Egmont 1000 Brussels

and on Zoom

(9.30 - 13.00 followed by a cocktail reception)

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Welcome as from 9 h 00

Opening remarks (9 h 20)

Dr. Stéphane Rodrigues – IREDIES Institut de Recherche en droit international et européen de la Sorbonne - Sorbonne War Studies (University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)

1st panel: Who decides? 09 h 30 – 11 h 00

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is there a growing willingness in Europe to balance burden-sharing and create the “comprehensive full spectrum force package” that the EU called for when launching Permanent Structured Cooperation? What is the role of European defence in the future set-up of the defence of Europe? And who will set the strategy?

Chair:                  Dr. Federico Santopinto – Senior researcher at the Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS)

Speakers:             Bernard Guetta – MEP - author of "The European Nation”

                               LTG Michel Yakovleff – former Vice Chief of Staff of SHAPE (NATO)

                            Prof. Sven Biscop - Director at Egmont and Prof. at Gent University

2nd panel: Who pays? 11 h 30 – 13 h 00

There will be no increase in military industrial capacities or more military equipment without firm orders. Today, common acquisition seems the only way forward to defragment and expand the European Defence Industrial and Technological Base. However, are Member States prepared to let the European Union act as an acquisition agency? 

Chair:                  Frédéric Mauro – Lawyer at the Brussel’s bar, specialized in European defence

Speakers:             Michael Gahler – Member of the European Parliament

                            Nathalie Errard – Head of Airbus Public Affairs in Brussels

                            Jean-Pierre Maulny – Deputy director of the Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS)

Closing remarks: 13 h 00

LTG Benoît Durieux – Director of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) and of Enseignement militaire supérieur.

Cocktail

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