This report focuses on the implementation of the 74 common proposals which were endorsed by EU and NATO Councils in parallel processes in 2016 and 2017 and elaborates on progress achieved between June 2021 and May 2022 by demonstrating concrete deliverables in all agreed areas of cooperation.

In particular, it highlights the following elements:

• NATO-EU political dialogue and common messaging further developed to include notably the joint visit by the NATO Secretary General and the President of the European Commission to Lithuania and Latvia in November 2021, a joint press conference by the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission and the Secretary General of NATO on the very day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as increased frequency of cross-participation in respective high-level meetings.
• Well-established political consultations continued in different settings, including through regular meetings between the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC). The dialogue remains an indispensable and highly valued instrument for strengthening mutual understanding, building confidence and ensuring reciprocal transparency vis-à-vis all EU Member States and NATO Allies, as well as their ownership and strong support.
• Agreed cooperation work strands continued to deliver concrete results, including through the newly established structured staff dialogue on resilience; cooperation on strategic communications and countering foreign information manipulation and interference; efforts to ensure the coherence of output between the respective NATO and EU defence planning processes where requirements overlap, and between capability development efforts; continued exchanges through the structured staff dialogue on military mobility; and dedicated staff interactions on Ukraine focusing in articular on hybrid, cyber, Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN), humanitarian assistance and protection of critical infrastructure.

The EU-NATO strategic partnership continues to be taken forward in full respect of the agreed guiding principles enshrined in the Warsaw and Brussels Joint Declarations on NATO-EU cooperation.