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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

LOVE this! Deep dive into the options (possibilities and constraints) for European Defence. For the modern reader 😀 It follows on from the authors analysis of a specific branch of this design portfolio, but here you get the whole menu verfassungsblog.de/european-def...

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

European defence cooperation is accelerating but mostly through coalitions of the willing Happy to share a new paper with @stevenblockmans.bsky.social, forthcoming in European Law Review, on differentiated integration and a new European defence architecture Preprint papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Designing EU Defence Authority: Differentiated Integration and Institutional and Procedural Constraints

This article examines whether differentiated integration (DI) can offer a viable framework for deeper European defence integration, including the potential dele

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Thank you, Commissioner Kubilius. It was a pleasure. We will soon publish a more comprehensive analysis of the institutional models for a European Defence Union and will be sure to share it with you.

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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 30/04/2026

Very good & important analysis and answers to my questions regarding the path towards the European Defence Union. Thanks to @stevenblockmans.bsky.social & @karstenmeijer.bsky.social for intellectual input - a new intergovernmental treaty is the best way! ⬇️ verfassungsblog.de/european-def...

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Pioneers Wanted

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 28/04/2026

How can Europe build a genuine Defence Union without treaty reform? STEVEN BLOCKMANS and KARSTEN MEIJER map three legal pathways – and argue that an intergovernmental agreement is the most solid ground for sustained European defence. verfassungsblog.de/european-def...

Quote from our newest blogpost by Steven Blockmans and Karsten Meijer: „An intergovernmental agreement outside the EU legal framework offers maximal flexibility to defend Europe and deter its adversaries.”

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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 30/03/2026

Het grote gevaar voor Europa komt van binnenuit, ziet de Italiaanse EU-expert Nathalie Tocci. ‘Er is niets minder patriottisch dan de rechtse patriotten die de imperiale VS omarmen.’ Hoe verder, nu we niet meer kunnen rekenen op het Amerikaanse bondgenootschap? www.groene.nl/artikel/de-a...

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De EU is een vredesproject dat niet is toegerust op een wereld van oorlog, ziet politicoloog Nathalie Tocci

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Ik schreef recent een blog met Arjen Klein over het nieuwe coalitieakkoord en de constitutionele implicaties van Nederlandse en Europese defensie. Hier een samenvatting van de belangrijkste staatsrechtelijke vragen. www.nederlandrechtsstaat.nl/4-defensie-l...

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#4: Defensie, legitimiteit en staatsrecht: constitutionele vragen rondom het nieuwe coalitieakkoord

Het nieuwe coalitieakkoord is (voor Nederlandse begrippen) in recordtijd tot stand gekomen. Geen overbodige luxe, gelet op de geopolitieke- en veiligheidssituatie. In de periode tussen de verkiezingen...

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Very interesting session on the future European Security Architecture at CEPS Ideas Lab with @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu @nathalietocci.bsky.social @stevenblockmans.bsky.social

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Highly recommend this FT piece by adamtooze@bsky.social arguing that only a truly integrated European army can solve Europe’s defence problem. Even if one disagrees with the conclusion, the stakes for the EU’s institutional balance are enormous. www.ft.com/content/2445...

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Only an army — and true integration — will solve Europe’s defence problem

Atlanticists fear this would hasten America’s departure from the continent, but what is the alternative?

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

“Donald Trump and his second administration are accomplishing what seventy years of French or German diplomacy could not. By treating the EU not as a partner but as a delinquent debtor, the US has inadvertently supplied the one ingredient the European project always lacked: necessity.”

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 12/02/2026

Winds of change, Zeitenwende, etc: Europe has changed. Poll finds clear majorities for increasing defence spending and a European nuclear deterrent. Source ecfr.eu/publication/...

Would you support or oppose your country increasing national defence spending at the current time? In %

Would you support or oppose your country developing an alternative European nuclear deterrent that does not rely on the US at the current time? In %

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Commissioner Kubilius has dropped one of the most interesting essays on European defence governance in a long time. It asks the right questions. --> andriuskubilius.lt/wp-content/u...

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Meer tanks, meer NAVO, meer EU — maar ook: meer grondwettelijke vragen. We doken in de defensieplannen uit de verkiezingsprogramma's en vroegen: 👉 hoe past dit binnen de Grondwet en de rechtsstaat? 🔗 Lees: www.nederlandrechtsstaat.nl/13-defensie-...

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#13: Defensie: urgente plannen en constitutionele grenzen

Inleiding Voor de tweede keer sinds het begin van de oorlog in Oekraïne vinden Tweede Kamerverkiezingen plaats. Met de herverkiezing van Trump is de geopolitieke positie van Europa verder verslechterd...

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Charge Wetenschappelijk Platform Volt @charge-volt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

📣 Aan de vooravond van de NAVO-top in Den Haag presenteert Charge een routekaart naar Europese defensie in 2035. Het @ceps.eu onder leiding van @stevenblockmans.bsky.social onderzocht de mogelijkheden en kansen voor Europese defensie. Rapport is nu beschikbaar: tinyurl.com/7h7k9xjp

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The emperor has no tanks “The scandal is not that European defence budgets have not already doubled. The scandal is that Europe spends so much and gets so little for it — no effective deterrence, few deployable troops, no stockpiles of weapons to supply to Ukraine.” on.ft.com/3Zmzbe2

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The emperor has no tanks

Europe doesn’t need more spending to transform its moribund armed forces — it needs more co-operation across borders

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

It's all very well calling the Netherlands "the Italy of the North", but it's in fact pretty unfair to Italy which has a boringly stable government these days.

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Interessant en nieuw perspectief op Europeanisering v defensie: nodig als beveiliging van situatie van lidstaten die herbewapenen en te maken hebben met opkomst populisme

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 12/05/2025

Opinion: "The EU needs a new geopolitical compass - In a world of growing disorder, the European project is now about hard power", writes Marc De Vos in the @financialtimes.com h/t @rikefranke.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/913e...

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The EU needs a new geopolitical compass

In a world of growing disorder, the European project is now about hard power

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Interesting read on the future of European Defence and a new deal between France, Germany (and Poland). The institutional/constitutional/democratic questions deserve more attention however.

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Coen van de Ven @coenvdven.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Vorige week interviewde ik schrijver Giuliano Da Empoli over macht, wat het met mensen doet en hoe onze huidige politiek leiders als stamhoofden het hoofd buigen voor de nieuwe tech-elite. ‘Chaos is niet langer het wapen van rebellen, maar van de regenten.’ www.groene.nl/artikel/de-l...

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Just watched Steven Smith’s Introduction to Political Philosophy (Yale University) on YouTube for the second time in a decade. Still insightful and enriching, maybe even more in these turbulent days. Cool this is freely available online. Highly recommended. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhm5...

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1. Introduction: What is Political Philosophy?

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Steven Van Hecke @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

💡 In De Tijd houd ik een pleidooi voor meer lef in Europa. Want de bescherming van onze #economie, #defensie en #democratie staat op het spel. 👉 Het volledige interview kan je lezen via www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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

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Opinion | A European army is no longer optional

As Trump turns from Europe toward Russia, European leaders need to bolster defenses, quickly.

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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...

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A European Army and Three Difficult Choices

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

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...

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Why It’s Time to Reconsider a European Army

Europe defending itself with separate militaries, without U.S. support, is neither logical nor practical. It is time to reconsider a common European army.

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"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...

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Europe should hijack Trump’s revolutionary plans for the world

Liberal nationalists must respond with imagination to US policies rather than gripe at being cut out of Ukraine talks

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

“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...

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Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’

Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration is ‘largely indifferent’ to Europe’s fate

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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...

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Europees leger vereist moeilijke keuzes voor EU-lidstaten

Recent shockeerde de Amerikaanse vice-president J.D. Vance Europa met zijn speech tijdens de Munich Security Conference. De VS en Europa lijken niet langer een waardengemeenschap te zijn…

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15/02/2025

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.

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Zelenskyy: ‘The time has come’ for a European army

Despite talk of a peace agreement, Russia is continuing to wage war against Ukraine.

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

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...

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D66 – Speech Rob Jetten Rally for Europe

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Karsten Meijer @karstenmeijer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

. mathijsbouman.nl pleit voor Europese defensie

Europa of niets. Bouman pleit voor Europese defensie.

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