{"id":53570,"date":"2025-12-01T13:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?post_type=events&#038;p=53570"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:08:52","slug":"asfaleia-kai-amyna-stin-e-e-to-programma-readiness-2030-kai-to-mellon-tis-evropaikis-stratigikis-aftonomias","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/events\/security-and-defense-in-the-eu-the-readiness-2030-program-and-the-future-of-european-strategic-autonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Security and Defense in the EU: The Readiness 2030 Program and the Future of European Strategic Autonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>On Thursday, November 20, 2025, Dr. Elena Lazarou,\u00a0Director General of\u00a0ELIAMEP, Professor Spyros Blavoukos, Head of the European Programme \u2018Arianne\u00a0Condellis\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0Senior\u00a0Research\u00a0Fellow\u00a0at ELIAMEP, and Panos Politis Lamprou, Research\u00a0Fellow,\u00a0EU\u00a0Institutions and Policies,\u00a0at ELIAMEP, participated in an EU Youth Hub event focusing on &#8220;Security and\u00a0Defence\u00a0in the EU: The Readiness 2030 programme\u00a0and the future of European strategic autonomy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Dr. Elena Lazarou\u00a0discussed the EU&#8217;s shift from strategic autonomy to strategic responsibility, after initially highlighting the factors that prompted increased EU involvement in security and\u00a0defence. Professor Spyros Blavoukos\u00a0emphasised\u00a0the significance of bilateral and multilateral\u00a0defence\u00a0agreements between member states outside the EU institutional framework, proposing some potential scenarios for the future development of European\u00a0defence\u00a0cooperation. Mr. Panos Politis Lamprou outlined Greece&#8217;s participation in various European\u00a0defence\u00a0initiatives, raising important points for discussion\u00a0regarding\u00a0the opportunities presented by Greece&#8217;s upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU in 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-300x275.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-1024x939.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-768x704.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-314x288.jpg.webp 314w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-1400x1283.jpg.webp 1400w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-661x606.jpg.webp 661w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-500x458.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25-800x733.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-2-20.11.25.jpg 1523w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-53574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25-300x222.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25-300x222.jpeg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25-1024x757.jpeg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25-768x567.jpeg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25-390x288.jpeg.webp 390w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25-661x488.jpeg.webp 661w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25-500x369.jpeg.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25-800x591.jpeg.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EU-Youth-Hub-Event-1-20.11.25.jpeg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":53572,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[17],"eventscats":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/53570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/53570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53575,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/53570\/revisions\/53575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=53570"},{"taxonomy":"eventscats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventscats?post=53570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}