EU countries plan to increase their defence spending for several reasons.

　Besides the unstable situation in Ukraine and the threat of further terrorist attacks, NATO requests all its members to spend at least 2% of their GDP on military. However, just a few NATO members reach the 2% target and not all EU countries are NATO members.

　Do you agree that all EU countries should increase their defence spending? Or do you think that the EU should rather focus on supporting the unstable world regions through development aid and humanitarian efforts?

　Join us for our English debate and let us hear your opinions and thoughts.

※Feel free to join us anytime you like!

Date & Time：June 14th（Wed）15:10-16:40

Theme：Should all EU countries increase their defence spending?

Instructor：Hanada Eva（Associate Prof. Kobe Univ. Centre for EU Academic Collaboration)

Language：English

Place：Common Room [Room 606], Frontier Bldg 6F, Rokkodai Campus, Kobe University
　　

About the EU Debate Club･･･
This monthly activity for both undergraduate and graduate students of the EUIJ (EU Institute in Japan) Kansai's member universities (Kobe University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Osaka University) has been taking place since May 2011.
The activity is now organised by Kobe University's Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and co-organised by the EUIJ, Kansai.

Program Coordination Section, Center for International Education, Kobe University
E-mail: intl-prg@office.kobe-u.ac.jp