On June 16^th 2023, NATO and the EU released their 8^th progress report on the implementation of the common set of proposals endorsed by the respective Councils on December 6^th 2016 and December 5^th 2017. This info flash aims at identifying elements of change and continuity in bilateral cooperation dynamics compared to the 7^th progress report published on June 20^th 2022.

After an introductory section with some background information on EU-NATO cooperation’s progress vis-à-vis contemporary security trends, it tries to stress similarities and differences between the two reports in three areas: cyber security and defence (section I), defence capabilities (section II) and defence and security capacity building (section III). A final section with an overall assessment of the progress being made in such areas will follow.