We are pleased to invite you to the seminar given by Fergal O'Regan, Director of the European Security and Defence College : "The White Paper on European Defence".
On 19 March this year, the European Commission unveiled its ‘White Paper on European Defence’. This debate, which began in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has taken on new relevance since Donald Trump's return to power and doubts about the support of the American ally. The broad outlines of this White Paper will be presented by Fergal O'Regan, Director of the European Security and Defence College. Under the responsibility of the High Representative for the CFSP, Kaja Kallas, this organisation trains European civilians and military personnel, while developing a European vision of defence issues.
Fergal O’ Regan is a senior EU civil servant and academic. Currently, he is the Acting Head of the European Security and Defence College, the EU body that provides military and civilian training and education in the field of the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in the wider context of the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Prior to joining the European Security and Defence College in April 2023, Fergal O’ Regan was Head of Unit and then Chief Legal Expert at the European Ombudsman. Before, he worked at a major Brussels-based law firm, specialising in EU law. He has been a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges from 2012 until 2022 and also gives lectures at a number of other third level institutes, primarily on EU law.
