EU defence summit aims high -- and will fall short
Updated: Mar 31, 2015
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- Missions
- Mixed impact
- Funding challenges
- Developing capabilities, continuing shortfalls
- 'Pooling and sharing'
- International threats
- Decreased US commitment
- Pressures on national defence policies
- Spiralling costs of equipment
- Austerity effects
- Fragmented European arms market
- Shortfalls apparent in recent interventions
- Possible initiatives for December summit
- Flagship projects
- Unmanned aerial programmes
- European Air Transport Fleet
- Fiscal incentives for defence cooperation
- Strategic Defence Roadmap
- Regular defence summits
- Engaging better with the public
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_350.jpg "NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen holds a news conference at the EU council headquarters (Reuters/Yves Herman)")