PESCO: paper tiger, paper tanks?

PESCO, or permanent structured co-operation, is a political framework that aims to help EU countries develop military capabilities together and improve their ability to deploy them. In November 2017, 23 member-states signalled their intention to participate in PESCO – the framework will be formally launched at the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council in December. But PESCO will become another European defence paper tiger if governments fail to make use of it to boost investment in much needed capabilities

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ESO: Background information: EU Defence: the realisation of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-defence-the-realisation-of-permanent-structured-cooperation-pesco/

ESO: Background information: Permanent Structured Cooperation: what's in a name? http://www.europeansources.info/record/permanent-structured-cooperation-whats-in-a-name/

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