THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN DEFENCE SUMMIT

The summit provided a fundamental platform for discussion on the most debated aspects of European Defence.
The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Division General Pasquale Preziosa, attended the workshop, speaking as part of the panel discussion “No virtue like necessity? Cooperation between the poles of national sovereignty and European Army.”.
Among the main themes on the agenda is the identification of priority areas to be managed according to the principle of «pooling and sharing,» a method that Europe as a whole will have to adopt to reconcile the improvement of its defence capabilities with the tendency to reduce defence spending.
The summit provided a fundamental platform for discussion ahead of the European Council meeting in December, which will have common defence on its agenda. Speech by the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force “The ”Future of European Defence“ summit, held in Berlin on 25th and 26th April, was intended to be a forum contributing to the debate on European defence cooperation, involving members of political and European institutions, representatives from research centres, the military, and industry. The Italian Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Pasquale Preziosa, participated in the summit, speaking on the panel ”No virtue like necessity? Cooperation between the poles of national sovereignty and European Army«. Among the principal agenda items was the identification of priority areas to be managed based on the »pooling and sharing" principle, a method Europe will have to adopt in its complexity to combine the enhancement of its defence capability with the trend to reduce defence budgets. The summit served as a fundamental platform for discussion in preparation for the European Council in December, which will have the common defence issue on its agenda. Speech of the Chief of Staff