Professor Sir Alan Dashwood KC speaking at the roundtable for “A New EU/UK Partnership for a New European Security Era” in Brussels – Monday 5 May 2025

Professor Sir Alan Dashwood KC will be speaking at a roundtable discussion on EU/UK defence cooperation, hosted by the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University, Milan, in Brussels on Monday 5 May 2025.

Sir Alan’s paper, published in advance of the roundtable, will consider the framework for cooperation between the EU and the UK on foreign security and defence policy, in light of commitments expressed by the UK Government and various EU leaders since July last year.

The roundtable discussion, led by a small panel of speakers, will provide an opportunity to take stock of what has been, and what remains to be, achieved in defining the new EU/UK partnership.  Among issues to be considered will be any impediments, resulting from the status of the UK as a third country which is not associated to the EU as a member of the EEA, to its participation in the EU’s various capability-building instruments and, more generally, to the development of cooperation between the defence industries of the EU and the UK, and ideas as to how such impediments may be overcome.  It will also consider the implications for wider security cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs and for a general economic “re-set”.

Event details can be found here.

William Moody will also be attending.

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