EU-NATO: a cooperation through the years
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EU – NATO: a collaboration through the years
The EU’ strategic partnership with NATO is essential for our Euro-Atlantic security
EU-NATO cooperation
2003: Start of EU-NATO cooperation
- Berlin Plus Arrangements
Allows the EU to draw on some of NATO’s collective assets, in case needed
2016 (42 proposals)
- Warsaw Joint Declaration
- Endorsement of a set of proposals to advance EU-NATO cooperation
2017 (34 proposals)
- Endorsement of a second set of proposals to advance EU-NATO cooperation
2018
- Brussels Joint Declaration
2022
- Endorsement of the EU Strategic Compass
- Endorsement of the 2022 NATO Strategic Concept
- Joint condemnation of Russia’s, unprovoked, unjust and illegal invasion of Ukraine
2023
- New Joint Declaration on EU-NATO Cooperation
Common proposals for EU – NATO Cooperation
7 strategic areas
- Countering hybrid threats
- Parallel and coordinated exercises
- Defence and security capacity building
- Operational cooperation including maritime issues
- Defence capabilities
- Cyber security and defence
- Defence industry and research
Out of the 27 EU member states, 22 are also members of NATO
* Sweden (accession protocol in the process of ratification).
EU map – which includes:
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain