On Wednesday, MEPs will discuss opportunities to boost bilateral cooperation and strengthen transatlantic security and defence.
MEPs will focus on the launch of a new EU-US Security and Defence Dialogue and the opportunities this dialogue offers amid growing geopolitical tensions in the EU’s neighbourhood and beyond. They will also consider how to strengthen the European pillar of NATO.
In association with the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the Delegation for relations with the US, members of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will exchange views with Stefano Sannino, Secretary-General of the European External Action Service and Vice-Admiral Hervé Bléjean, Director General of the EU Military Staff.
The second part of the debate will be devoted to issues related to access to the EU-US defence market and arms exports. With Daniel Fiott, Security and Defence Editor at the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), MEPs will discuss the constraints posed by the International Traffic in Arms (ITAR) regulation and how to foster a reciprocal, open atmosphere and balanced industrial cooperation between European and US companies.
