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Von der Leyen proposes beefing up the EU’s own Article 5 collective security deal
Von der Leyen proposes relaxing the unanimity rule to enable qualified majority voting for faster EU defence decisions amid rising security challenges and defence spending shortfalls.
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Von der Leyen proposes beefing up the EU’s own Article 5 collective security deal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed beefing up the EU’s own Article 5-like collective security deal, Article 42/7 of the EU founding treaty, that acts like Nato's Article 5 clause.
The EU's mutual defence clause, as set out in Article 42.7 of the Treaty of Lisbon, obliges Member States to support a country attacked on its territory. Although the text of this clause is considered more stringent than Article 5 of NATO, the European mechanism is actually perceived as being less effective because the security of the continent has historically based on the guarantees offered by the United States through the North Atlantic Allia…
Why is Europe boosting its own defenses?
A push for strategic autonomy after trans‑Atlantic uncertainty European leaders at the Munich Security Conference signalled a shift: while NATO and the U.S. remain central to the continent’s defence, there is a renewed drive to build independent European capabilities. Speakers described a growing…
At the Munich Security Conference, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke about a major change of attitude among European leaders, according to Reuters.
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