Attentive observers of European security were electrified by the news about a project of establishing a Joint European Union Intelligence School as part of the Permanent Structural Cooperation within the Common European Security and Defence Policy. This proposal was made on 19 November 2018 in Brussels at the meeting of ministers of defence and foreign affairs of EU member states. Ministers from the 25 countries participating in the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) adopted 17 new projects on security and defense. One of them refers to the initiative of a Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS). Media specializing in European topics immediately spread out this information, seeking to impress the public with the image of a "spy school" or "EU intelligence academy". The JEIS project illustrates the needs and limitations of EU cooperation in the field of security and defence and at the same time points to the challenges and threats that Member States must confront in the coming years. However, it raises many doubts regarding its conceptual bases and possibilities of their implementation.
Komentarz ZBN nr 16 (40)/2018
21 listopada 2018 r.
© 2018 Uniwersytet Jagielloński & Artur Gruszczak
Attentive observers of European security were electrified by the news about a project of establishing a Joint European Union Intelligence School as part of the Permanent Structural Cooperation within the Common European Security and Defence Policy. This proposal was made on 19 November 2018 in Brussels at the meeting of ministers of defence and foreign affairs of EU member states. Ministers from the 25 countries participating in the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) adopted 17 new projects on security and defense. One of them refers to the initiative of a Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS). Media specializing in European topics immediately spread out this information, seeking to impress the public with the image of a "spy school" or "EU intelligence academy". The JEIS project illustrates the needs and limitations of EU cooperation in the field of security and defence and at the same time points to the challenges and threats that Member States must confront in the coming years. However, it raises many doubts regarding its conceptual bases and possibilities of their implementation.