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Defense Tops the Agenda for EU Leaders

At December’s European Council summit, European defense topped the agenda for EU leaders. One key issue under discussion was pooling and sharing of military capabilities.

by Marc Pierini
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Euronews
 on December 19, 2013

Source: Euronews

Carnegie Europe’s Marc Pierini joined Audrey Tilve live on EuroNews to discuss the topics on the agenda of the last European Council meeting, which took place in Brussels on December 19–20, 2013.

Marc Pierini commented on the situation in Ukraine, the crisis in the Central African Republic, the possibility of creating a special EU fund for financing emergency operations, and the European Common Security and Defense Policy.

This interview was originally broadcast on Euronews.

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