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Domenico Moro / January 2025
Doing European defence requires the power to do it, or a power situation that enables it. This ‘power situation’ arises from a shift in the balance of power among European States, placing the issue on the political agenda. Such shifts in the balance of power can be triggered by extraordinary events – like the fall of the Berlin Wall, which spurred monetary union – or by initiatives from European institutions, such as the Commission, or actions taken by a group of willing Member States, supported by the European Parliament. A fragile truce in Ukraine and the foreign policy of the new Trump administration could be the trigger for a European defence initiative. [...]
