European Defence: The Challenge of Strategic Autonomy

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Rapport d'information n° 626 (2018-2019), tome II, déposé le 3 juillet 2019

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
    - 1. The slow gestation of European defence poses no challenge to the preponderant role of the Americans
    - 2. This is a reality that France must take into account, despite its unique situation in Europe
      - a) The end of the “French exception” in NATO
      - b) Strategic autonomy and nuclear deterrence
  - B. “SHARING THE BURDEN”: A NECESSITY FOR EUROPEANS
- 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
    - 1. Strengthening the common foreign and security policy
    - 2. A paradoxical decline in missions and operations
  - B. THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE FUND: A MAJOR TURNING POINT THAT REMAINS TO BE CONFIRMED
PART TWO - FAR FROM THE UTOPIAN GOAL OF A “EUROPEAN ARMY”: A DYNAMIC THAT MUST REMAIN FLEXIBLE AND PRAGMATIC
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

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