The EDC would provide:
✅ A unified command to avoid national veto deadlocks
✅ A common European Defence Force (EDF) under NATO
✅ Joint funding for military spending & procurement
✅ An open framework for new Member States
✅ A unified command to avoid national veto deadlocks
✅ A common European Defence Force (EDF) under NATO
✅ Joint funding for military spending & procurement
✅ An open framework for new Member States
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- France’s political resistance & nuclear deterrence questions
- Expanding beyond the original 6 states
- Balancing NATO integration with EU autonomy
With US commitments in flux & rising EU defence budgets, the time is right to move beyond small steps and start a real debate on European defence. The EDC could be the bold step Europe needs.
But also the leader of the country which, while benefiting greatly from it alongside France (a disarmed Germany at the time), ultimately undermined it.
I fear the result will be the same. ⛵️