Modern security is more than military spending - Towards a single security budget?
European security and defence cooperation has gained fresh momentum, most notably through the recently signed Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), an ambitious binding framework that aims to build a true \u2018cooperative security\u2019 approach. To achieve such a holistic approach to security, spending targets could go beyond a strict focus on defence towards a \u2018single security budget\u2019 that would include budgets for the police, intelligence services, border guards and counterterrorism, as well as parts of development budgets and humanitarian assistance \u2013 in line with official development assistance rules.\n\nSpeakers included:\nAmy Dodd, Director at UK Aid Network\nBrian Donald, Chief of Staff at Europol\nAna Gomes, Member of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence and Trustee of Friends of Europe\nChristian M\xf6lling, Deputy Director at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)\nNicolas Suran, French Permanent Representative to the Political and Security Committee at the Council of the European Union\n\nModerated by\nDharmendra Kanani, Director of Strategy at Friends of Europe