EU and NATO should work together on crises
The House of Lords EU Committee has today called on the UK Government to use NATO's 60th anniversary next month as an occasion to promote cooperation between the EU and NATO.
In particular the Committee call for a closer working relationship between the EU Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) and NATO's Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response and Coordination Centre (EADRCC).
The call comes in a report looking at crisis management in the EU. The Committee point out that the role of the two bodies is similar, but there is practically no contact between them. It would be in the interests of the EU, NATO and the members of both organisations to support and complement each other's work rather than duplicating it. In the event of a serious natural or man-made disaster the failure of the two bodies to cooperate could have serious consequences.
