Understanding the Challenges of EDIP and European Defence: The Main Proposals on the Table Isolated and Explained

Composition and operation The Board will gather the representatives of the EC, the High- Representative of the Union (HR/VP) and the Head of the European Defence Agency (EDA), MSs and associated countries. [...] 2 Political issues In the management of EDIP, the Board should enable the EC to consult and listen to the MSs, the HR/VP and the European Defence Agency (EDA) at a high political level. [...] In identifying the 7 EDPCIs, the EC consults the Board, the MSs and draws on the work of the EDA CDP, CARD and PESCO. [...] Political issues The idea of a better integration of the Ukrainian and European DTIBs is closely linked to the process of bringing Ukraine closer to the EU, as well as to the necessity to support Ukraine DTIB in a period of war. [...] The case of The recipients of funding from the Ukraine Support Instrument must be Ukraine and the in the EU or Ukraine.