European Union–NATO relations
Politico: Who’s the boss when it comes to defense: NATO or the EU? – Analysis
Both NATO and the EU want to spend a €100 billion on defense — and that’s leading to clashes between the two Brussels-based institutions
EU Summit Meeting: Mitsotakis calls for a common approach on defence procurements - Exclusion of expenditure is not enough
Greece comes to the debate from a position of strength, given that it is one of the EU and NATO member states with one of the highest per capita defence spending rates in the Alliance
Op-ed: A wrong-headed clause in Greece-France agreement
By Panagiotis Ioakimidis*
The "Strategic Partnership" agreement signed by Greece and France is an important and positive development.
Yet, the distinct mutual assistance clause that it includes is wrong-headed (and indeed written in poor Greek with a term such as "armed violence" instead of "armed aggression").