Friends Of Europe Podcasts

European security and defence cooperation has gained fresh momentum, most notably through the recently signed Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), an ambitious binding framework that aims to build a true ‘cooperative security’ approach. To achieve such a holistic approach to security, spending targets could go beyond a strict focus on defence towards a ‘single security budget’ that would include budgets for the police, intelligence services, border guards and counterterrorism, as well as parts of development budgets and humanitarian assistance – in line with official development assistance rules. Speakers included: Amy Dodd, Director at UK Aid Network Brian Donald, Chief of Staff at Europol Ana Gomes, Member of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence and Trustee of Friends of Europe Christian Mölling, Deputy Director at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) Nicolas Suran, French Permanent Representative to the Political and Security Committee at the Council of the European