EPP-ED Hearing on European Defence Equipment Market

12 June 2008
Brussels

Several EPP-ED MEPs organised an EPP-ED Group Hearing on the Commission's Defence Package - 'Building a European Defence Equipment Market' in the European Parliament on Thursday 12 June.

The event took place from 9.30 to 13.00 in the European Parliament. It was introduced by Charlotte Cederschiöld MEP (Sweden), EPP-ED Spokesperson on public procurement and Shadow Rapporteur, Karl von Wogau MEP (Germany), Chairman of the Sub-committee on Security and Defence, and Andreas Schwab MEP (Germany), Internal Market Committee Vice-Coordinator. Jacques Toubon MEP (France) and Nickolay Mladenov MEP (Bulgaria) also participated in the hearing, as well as representatives of industry and academia.

The event focussed on developing policies that ensure fair and efficient work-sharing arrangements as well as cross border co-operation at the industrial level.

The defence package is viewed as a great step forward in terms of achieving the Single Market, and preserving and improving the competitiveness of the European defence industry.

Programme

	Website on EU Defence Equipment Policy
	EPP-ED Website of the Committee on Internal Market
	EPP-ED Website of the Subcommittee on Security and Defense
	EP Website of the Committee on Internal Market
	EP Website of the Subcommittee on Security and Defense