A Proposal Towards a European Defence Union - Legal Implications of the European Parliaments’ Proposal for Treaty Reform in the Area of Defence

Abstract

In the context of profound (geo-)political changes, and following the Conference on the Future of Europe, the European Parliament (EP) adopted proposals for a Treaty reform for the area of defence. This blog post analyses the proposed formation of the European Defence Union (EDU) and the introduction of qualified majority voting (QMV) while concluding that the new framework would likely create contradictory outcomes and undesirably challenge the current constitutional balance.

Keywords

• CFSP
• CSDP
• EU
• EU
• EU Treaty Reform
• European Defence Union