Published on :

8 May 2021
Special guest: Hubert VÉDRINEa diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Jospin government and former Secretary General of the French Presidency under François Mitterrand. Key witness: Lt-Gen Patrick DestremauDirector of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale and of Higher Military Education.
Lundis de IHEDN - L’autonomie stratégique européenne -Hubert-VEDRINE

Europe's strategic autonomy

Hubert Védrine opens up for debate the project of European strategic autonomy: a necessary objective or an out-of-reach ideal?

What obstacles need to be overcome to establish the conditions for such autonomy?

How can we design a European defence?

Does this mean rethinking the terms of national independence?

an exceptional guest

Hubert Védrine

Hubert Védrine

diplomat

a great witness

Le général de corps d'armée Patrick Destremau, directeur de l'IHEDN

General Patrick Destremau

Director of the IHEDN