http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/1bbd93bc0621a153 https://verfassungsblog.de/reviving-the-edc-treaty-is-legally-feasible-and-preferable-to-the-ongoing-national-rearmament/ Reviving the EDC Treaty is Legally Feasible, and Preferable to the Ongoing National Rearmament Fabbrini, Federico Kirst, Niels Mayer, Franz C. eng 2026-06-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Common Security and Defence Policy European Defence Community NATO security Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Since Trump was re-elected to the US Presidency, individually and collectively we proposed reviving the European Defence Community (EDC) treaty as a way to integrate European defence for a brave new era. Events since November 2024 have confirmed our conviction that Europe should take its defence seriously. Our colleague Robert Schütze has criticized our proposal, and despite our prior response, he remains unconvinced. So we’ll have to agree to disagree. Nevertheless, we still believe that it is important to clarify our standpoint.