French President Emmanuel Macron said the American security umbrella is a thing of the past and that Europe needs to build its own credible defense strategy if it wants to survive.
The problem is that Europe doesn’t really have an idea of what a European defense organization would look like. The national model isn’t going to work as most nations are too small to provide meaningful contributions. However, it feels like most countries aren’t ready to hand over more foreign policy competencies to the EU.
The problem is that Europe doesn’t really have an idea of what a European defense organization would look like. The national model isn’t going to work as most nations are too small to provide meaningful contributions. However, it feels like most countries aren’t ready to hand over more foreign policy competencies to the EU.