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karstenmeijer.bsky.social
Legal advisor Dutch Ministry of Defence and PhD-student University of Amsterdam. Interested in Constitutional Law and European Defence.
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Kan er mss geregeerd worden, oa omdat de binnenlandse en geopolitieke situatie daar om vraagt? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Like I said yesterday: For Europe, this is a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency moment. The United States, which has guaranteed European security against Russian attack for 80 years, appears to have switched sides under President Donald Trump. wapo.st/4kkRkS9

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

President Zelensky has called for a European army. As EU leaders meet today to discuss defense, fundamental questions arise: how will member states share power, and how is democratic control ensured? Our blog explores these dilemmas. #EU#EUarmy #EUSummit" verfassungsblog.de/a-european-a...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Okay, I went there. It's time to reconsider a European army. I outline what it could look like. Hint: It doesn't replace Europe's big militaries but serves as a pan-Euro compliment. I sketch out some ideas what it could look like. It is time for some out of box thinking. www.csis.org/analysis/why...

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

"But what history teaches us is that the best strategy is not to resist the revolutionaries but to hijack their revolution. In doing this, Europe’s success will mostly depend not on its ability to resist but on displaying a talent to surprise." www.ft.com/content/3507...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Interessante column van Samsom, wel twijfels of het zo eenvoudig is om een 70 jaar oud verdrag dat heeft liggen te verstoffen zomaar geactiveerd kan worden #EDG

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

“And it must be an absolute priority to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we actually achieve independence from the USA.” www.ft.com/content/a87d...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Merz comments last night are by far the most radical we’ve heard from any European (near) leader. They go well beyond French rhetoric of strategic autonomy & a European pillar of NATO. However, there are also those privately contended about disavowing NATO before alternatives are mature.

submitted 33 days ago • 16 comments

Als gevolg van de eroderende transatlantische band pleitte president Zelensky deze week voor een Europees leger. Dat roept lastige constitutionele vragen op. In mijn blog leg ik uit met welke dilemma's beleidsmakers zullen moeten omgaan. www.nederlandrechtsstaat.nl/europees-leg...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

European leaders should start to create a European army in response to Russia's military build-up, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today at the Munich Security Conference.

submitted 42 days ago • 42 comments

In his recent "Rally for Europe" speech, D66 leader @robjetten.bsky.social says EU needs a "minister of Defense", I am curious how D66 wants to organize that institutionally d66.nl/nieuws/speec...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

mooie necrologie David Lynch van @coenvdven.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

. mathijsbouman.nl pleit voor Europese defensie

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments