A s part of our "Talking Geopolitics" series, we have talked with Ambassador Raoul Delcorde on European Strategic Autonomy in Times of Crises and the impact of Russian Aggression on EU's defence capabilities.
W hen Alain Peyrefitte, a French diplomat, asked General de Gaulle in 1962 "What is the purpose of Europe?", the latter replied "not to be dominated by the Americans or the Russians"[1]. Since…
T he year of 2020 has been a crucial year for the EU security and defence. Different initiatives previously undertaken by the EU to enhance defence cooperation have produced their very first (not…
T he European Defence Fund (EDF) is based on the article 173 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which provides the legal framework for cooperation between the EU Member states through…
B alance is never achieved in politics, and the European Union is the paramount example of that. Brussels is still exhausted by last month’s negotiations over the Multiannual Financial Framework. The Frugal Four (Austria,…
T he European Union has been trying for many years to establish a single Defence Union. The first attempt of a closer defence cooperation between the member states was in 1998 with the Saint-Malo…
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I n the real world, unfortunately, there are no superheroes to save the day. When the destiny of the European Union and its achieved level of integration - what is called…
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[dropcap size=small]T here have been varying reactions to the ‘Permanent Structured Cooperation’ or ‘PESCO’; from Frederica Mogherini (the EU’s foreign and defence policy chief) hailing it as ‘historic’, to Nick Whitney describing…
by James Rogers
Pro-Europeans in the United Kingdom (UK) have had a miserable time of late. They seem completely unable to articulate a clear, decisive and engaging message to attack their anti-European and Eurosceptic opponents…