Brexit, Trump, but also Macron’s victory have given fresh impetus to EU defence cooperation. Concrete initiatives were launched last week.
After years of languishing in the long grass, the process of European defence cooperation has recently been kicked into top gear. Brexit, Donald Trump repeatedly calling into question US commitment to NATO and Emmanuel Macron’s landslide victory in the French presidential election have all led EU members states to start discussing the need to rethink the pillars of their common security.
This discussion has already borne its first fruits: last week, member states approved the creation of a fund for joint …read more
Source: Katoikos.eu
