European Defence: The Challenge of Strategic Autonomy
3 juillet 2019 :
European Defence: The Challenge of Strategic Autonomy
( rapport d'information )
- Par M. Ronan LE GLEUT et Mme Hélène CONWAY-MOURET
au nom de la commission des affaires étrangères, de la défense et des forces armées - Notice du document
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Rapport d'information n° 626 (2018-2019) de M. Ronan LE GLEUT et Mme Hélène CONWAY-MOURET, fait au nom de la commission des affaires étrangères, de la défense et des forces armées, déposé le 3 juillet 2019
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- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- FOREWORD
- PART ONE - THE EUROPEAN UNION AS THE SECOND PILLAR
OF EUROPEAN DEFENCE: A HISTORIC TURNING POINT TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF
EUROPEAN CITIZENS
- I. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PROVIDING FOR THEIR OWN
DEFENCE: A NECESSARY AMBITION
- A. A REALITY: THE UNITED STATES STILL PLAYS A
PREPONDERANT ROLE IN THE DEFENCE OF THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT
- B. “SHARING THE BURDEN”: A NECESSITY
FOR EUROPEANS
- A. A REALITY: THE UNITED STATES STILL PLAYS A
PREPONDERANT ROLE IN THE DEFENCE OF THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT
- II. THE EU AS A MAJOR STAKEHOLDER IN EUROPEAN
DEFENCE: THE NEXT STEP NOW BEING TAKEN
- A. THE EMERGENCE OF THE EU AS A MAJOR STAKEHOLDER
IN EUROPEAN DEFENCE
- B. THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE FUND: A MAJOR TURNING POINT
THAT REMAINS TO BE CONFIRMED
- A. THE EMERGENCE OF THE EU AS A MAJOR STAKEHOLDER
IN EUROPEAN DEFENCE
- I. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PROVIDING FOR THEIR OWN
DEFENCE: A NECESSARY AMBITION
- PART TWO - FAR FROM THE UTOPIAN GOAL OF A
“EUROPEAN ARMY”: A DYNAMIC THAT MUST REMAIN FLEXIBLE AND
PRAGMATIC
- I. TWO MAJOR PARTNERS: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
GERMANY
- A. INTEGRATING THE UK, A VITAL PARTNER
- B. GERMANY: AN INDISPENSABLE PARTNER
- 1. Germany and defence, a complex issue
- 2. Germany's natural role in European
defence
- 3. The imperative to overcome the difficulties of
implementing a Franco-German partnership
- a) The strong symbols of Franco-German
friendship
- b) A context transformed by Brexit
- c) A partnership relaunched around major
capabilities projects: FCAS and MGCS
- (1) The Future Air Combat System (FCAS), a
foundational project
- (2) The other component of the comprehensive
agreement: the future ground combat system (MGCS)
- d) Implementation difficulties
- e) Is it possible to reconcile the French and
German conceptions of defence?
- a) The strong symbols of Franco-German
friendship
- 1. Germany and defence, a complex issue
- A. INTEGRATING THE UK, A VITAL PARTNER
- II. MAJOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO BE
DEVELOPED
- III. INITIATIVES NEEDING BETTER OVERALL COHERENCE
- I. TWO MAJOR PARTNERS: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
GERMANY
- GENERAL CONCLUSION
- EXAMINATION IN COMMITTEE
- LIST OF PERSONS HEARD
- ANNEX 1 -
CSDP MISSIONS AND OPERATIONS
- ANNEX 3 -
COMMITMENTS OF STATES PARTICIPATING IN PESCO
- ANNEX 4 - IMPORTANT ACRONYMS