http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d22b292378abd370 https://verfassungsblog.de/on-reviving-the-1952-european-defence-community/ On Reviving the 1952 European Defence Community - À la Recherche du Temps Perdu! Schütze, Robert eng 2026-05-06 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 EU European Defence Community European defense Vienna Convention Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Can we revive the 1952 European Defence Community (EDC) after it failed to get ratified by France and Italy more than 70 years ago? This intriguing – and counterintuitive – idea is currently being explored by an ambitious project called ALCIDE led by Federico Fabbrini and chaired by Sylvie Goulard, which brings together a small number of distinguished legal historians, constitutional lawyers and political scientists.