Strategic Panorama 2009 - 2010 - IEEE

The Treaty of Lisbon and the common security and defence policy
– To improve force projection in operations.
– To reinforce the gathering of space-based information and intelligence.
– To increase the protection of the forces and their efficiency in operations.
– To improve interoperability and ability to work together.
Spain is furthermore convinced that cooperation between the different
policies and institutions of the European Union will be beneficial to citizens
as a whole and will provide a better all-round guarantee of security. The
maritime sphere is a clear example of the foregoing. Greater attention will
therefore be focused on studying the synergies and opportunities arising
from cooperation between two of the main European policies in the field
of maritime security: the Common Security and Defence Policy and the
Commission’s Integrated Maritime Policy.
Lastly, related to the comprehensive approach, during the Spanish
Presidency attention will be given to relations with other international organisations
and with third states in theatres of operations.
The European Union and the Atlantic Alliance are engaged concurrently
in major efforts. Both organisations have 21 Member States in common, and
it is therefore essential for them to act as strategic partners and for progress
to continue to be made in furthering collaboration mechanisms. In this connection
Spain intends to improve the framework for technical cooperation
between the two organisations when both are involved in the same theatre.
Attention will also be given to encouraging the participation of third
countries in the Common Security and Defence Policy, especially in the
Maghreb countries. This is the context of the meeting with the countries
involved in the 5+5 initiative (Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and
Libya), in the margins of the informal meeting of defence ministers to be
held in Palma de Mallorca in February 2010.
As to the operations conducted by the European Union, the Spanish
Presidency will address the monitoring the missions currently under way and,
as the case may be, the launch of new missions, both civilian and military.
CONCLUSIONS
In the sphere of the Common Foreign and Security Policy the entry into
force of the Treaty of Lisbon has marked the beginning of a process aimed
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