Press Release: Council conclusions on CSDP

On 18 May 2015 the Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) reporting that the global and European security environment has changed dramatically in recent years and that this calls for a stronger Europe, with a stronger and more effective CSDP.

The conflicts, threats and instability in the EU's immediate and wider neighbourhood, affecting inter alia Iraq, Libya, the Sahel, Syria and Ukraine, as outlined in the report from the High Representative, together with long standing and newly emerging security challenges, are significantly impacting European security as well as international peace and security, and challenging our fundamental values and principles.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels, 18 May 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/foreign-affairs-council-brussels-18-may-2015/

ESO: Background information: EU sets out path for ambitious European cooperation in defence and security http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-sets-out-path-for-ambitious-european-cooperation-in-defence-and-security/

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