SEDE organises a public hearing on 'Enhancing EU support for Ukraine: conditions for the European Peace Facility and replenishing capabilities through joint procurement to efficiently enhance military support to Ukraine and the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base' on Monday, 6 February 2023 from 17.30 to 19.00hrs in Brussels (room SPINELLI 3G2).

Speakers:

• Daniel FIOTT, Head of VUB Defence and Statecraft Programme
• Sophia BESCH, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace fellow

It will provide an opportunity to assess recent EU defence instruments launched in the context of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. In this regard, the discussion will focus on the EPF, central pillar in the EU's unprecedented provision of defensive lethal military equipment to Ukraine, and the new legislative proposal for a Joint Defence Procurement Instrument, which shall help EU Member States to quickly restock capabilities and enhance support to the EDTIB.