BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to ramp up tests on rules that oblige the bloc’s 27 member countries to help each other in times of crisis, as the reality sinks in that Washington’s commitment to NATO and security in Europe under U.S. President Donald Trump is evaporating.
It’s interesting to see how this Cyprus conference will further interpret, give substance to, and develop EUs security and competitiveness using EU’s Article 42.7 , with a new policy and maybe budget.
Head of EU states will need to do an extreme political balancing act, whether when and how an EU framework will provide more value to your money compared to individual solo memberstates expenditures. Money can only be spent once, either national or on EU level, and this will decide the EU future and shape it’s geopolitics.