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Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2018: 3-14

EU Permanent Structured Cooperation - a New Momentum for Streamlining Interaction Between the EU Operations Planning and Capability DevelopmentReviewed - Review

Zdeněk Petráš, Ján Spišák

The authors' intention is to present findings to which they came while analysing the implementation process of the EU Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), especially in the area of EU operations planning and development of capabilities required for achieving the EU level of ambition. Only issuing the EU Global Strategy in 2016 and its subsequent implementation process seems to be a momentum for specifying commitments stemming from PESCO. At present, there is a list of common binding commitments which 25 of 28 EU member states have signed to. This list includes specific commitments as for development of required capabilities needed for achieving expected objectives of CSDP operations. Nevertheless, a very critical point related to the current PESCO implementation process is whether the present level of EU member states integration allows fully completing all highly ambitious commitments as declared by political leaders.

Keywords: EU Permanent Structured Cooperation EU; PESCO; Lisbon treaty; EU Global Strategy; capabilities; CSDP operations planning

Published: September 15, 2018  Show citation

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Petráš, Z., & Spišák, J. (2018). EU Permanent Structured Cooperation - a New Momentum for Streamlining Interaction Between the EU Operations Planning and Capability Development. Czech Military Review, 99(3), 3-14
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