A follow-up to the EU Global Strategy – Defence aspects

On 27 September 2016, the EUISS and the Slovak presidency of the Council of the EU organised a high-level conference focusing on the security and defence aspects of the EU Global Strategy. The conference took place in Bratislava and coincided with the informal defence ministerial meeting on 26-27 September. EUISS analysts played a key role at the conference by serving as panel moderators.

The EUISS was pleased to welcome Peter Gajdos, Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Robert Ondrejcsak, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, General Mikhail Kostarakos, Chairman of the EU Military Committee, Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General at the European External Action Service, Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, and many more.