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…
T he short-term economic effects of the COVID-19 and the lockdown measures adopted across Europe in response to the pandemic are causing significant pressure for public spending. As national budgets and the EU’s…
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 Strategic Autonomy has been discussed a lot since 2016, when the European Global Strategy was introduced.[1] The main aim of this paper would be to analyse what the strategic autonomy means,…
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…
T he concept of a European army has been widely discussed in the past years and particularly weeks, raising many questions about the possibility of such an idea becoming a reality. Where did the…
S ince he took office, President Trump has called on European NATO members to increase their military spending, in order to fulfil the pledge of 2% of national GDP assigned to defence, made…
[toggler title="By Viktors Domburs " ]Viktors Domburs is an expert on the Baltic Countries and a political commentator.[/toggler]
E urope is in the anticipation of NATO summit which will take place on June, 11-12 in…
O n 14-15 February, 2018 NATO Defence Ministers will meet in Brussels again to discuss the main threats the world faces nowadays. NATO consists of 29 member states but 22 of them are simultaneously…