Permanent Structured Cooperation: Difference between revisions

| type = Framework for structural integration within the [[Common Security and Defence Policy]], based on Article 42.(6) of the [[Treaty on European Union]]

The '''Permanent Structured Cooperation''' ('''PESCO''') is the part of the [[European Union]]'s (EU) [[Common Security and Defence Policy|security and defence policy]] (CSDP) in which 26 of the 27 national armed forces pursue structural [[European integration|integration]] (the exception being [[Malta]]). Based on [[s:Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union/Title V: General Provisions on the Union's External Action Service and Specific Provisions on the Common Foreign and Security Policy#SECTION 2: PROVISIONS ON THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY|Article 42.(6)]] and Protocol 10 of the [[Treaty on European Union]], introduced by the [[Treaty of Lisbon]] in 2009, PESCO was first initiated in 2017.<ref name="CouldBeLaunched">[https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headQuarters-homepage_en/31832/Permanent%20Structured%20Cooperation%20on%20defence%20could%20be%20launched%20by%20end%202017 Permanent Structured Cooperation on defence could be launched by end 2017], European External Action Service, 8 September 2017</ref> The initial integration within the PESCO format is a number of projects which launched in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/32079/pesco-overview-of-first-collaborative-of-projects-for-press.pdf|title=Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) first collaborative PESCO projects - Overview}}</ref>