This event will be followed by a public discussion on “intelligence cooperation” involving European intelligence community representatives and decision-makers. In the presence of PM Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, 23 countries1 will sign the document, which sets out the aims of the College, its scope of action and its governance.
The idea of establishing the College was raised by French President Emmanuel Macron in a speech at the Sorbonne in September 2017, when he spoke about a stronger Europe and promoted the sovereignty of Europe. Macron then expressed, among other things, the need to establish a kind of European intelligence academy where EU intelligence communities would converge further through training, education and exchange.
This signing closes a year of intergovernmental work, which enabled to establish, among others, the three main missions of the College:
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