{"id":56304,"date":"2026-05-21T08:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=56304"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:00:20","slug":"i-dr-elena-lazarou-kai-o-k-panos-politis-labrou-symmeteichan-stin-omada-ergasias-tou-ceps-ypo-tin-proedria-tou-k-sauli-niinisto","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/activity\/dr-elena-lazarou-and-mr-panos-politis-lamprou-participated-in-the-ceps-task-force-chaired-by-mr-sauli-niinisto\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Elena Lazarou and Mr Panos Politis Lamprou participated in the CEPS Task Force, chaired by Mr Sauli Niinist\u00f6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>Dr Elena Lazarou, Director General of ELIAMEP, and Mr Panos Politis Lamprou, Research Fellow, Defence Hub, ELIAMEP, participated in the meetings of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceps.eu\/ceps-news\/can-europe-step-up-in-nato-ceps-launches-new-task-force\/\">CEPS Task Force<\/a>, chaired by former President of Finland, Mr Sauli Niinist\u00f6, that led to the report \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ceps.eu\/2026\/05\/TF-Report-More-Europe-in-defence-formatted.pdf\">More Europe in Defence: Three Pathways<\/a>\u201d, carried out by CEPS, Clingendael, IEP and RUSI. The discussions brought together policymakers, experts and industry stakeholders to examine the future of European defence cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the process, which lasted from September 2025 to May 2026, Dr Elena Lazarou and Mr Panos Politis Lamprou provided oral input on key policy and strategic questions addressed by the Task Force, drawing on our policy-oriented research on EU security and defence. They participated as observers in the final report, contributing to the discussion without endorsing certain policy recommendations, alongside representatives from the European Commission, the European External Action Service and PwC Belgium.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":56305,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[20,17],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/56304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=56304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}