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Welcome to the Library Guide on the Europe of Defence

"Following up on its conclusions of 6 March 2025 and in the light of the White Paper on the Future of European Defence of 19 March 2025, the European Council calls for an acceleration of work on all strands to decisively ramp up Europe’s defence readiness within the next five years. It invites the Council and the co-legislators to swiftly take work forward on the recent Commission proposals." (European Council conclusions on competitiveness, European defence and security and migration - Consilium, 20 March 2025)

"Building the Europe of Defence and standing with Ukraine, shoulder to shoulder. Because, at the end of the day, what we all want, what we all deserve, what we are all working for, is peace and security." (Remarks by President António Costa at the press conference following the Special European Council meeting of 6 March 2025).

This Library guide will allow you to consult books, articles, studies, reports related to the EU defence and security and the European Defence Industry.

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This Library Guide is not exhaustive. It contains selected resources from the online Eureka catalogue of the Council Libraries, and also titles beyond our collections, such as open-access publications. This Library Guide does not necessarily represent the positions, policies, or opinions of the Council of the European Union or the European Council.

Please note* Some resources link outside of the @europa.eu domain. 

The Library guides contain a selection of relevant resources from the online Eureka catalogue of the Council Libraries. They also contain titles beyond our collections, including open-access publications and websites. The Library guides do not necessarily represent the positions, policies or opinions of the Council of the European Union or the European Council.