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13 May 2026

Federico Fabbrini, Franz C. Mayer

Why the European Defence Community Can Be Revived

How can Europe respond to the rupture in transatlantic relations resulting from Donald Trump's return to the US Presidency and take defence seriously? The European Defence Community (EDC) could be an answer. In a recent blog, Robert Schütze has criticized the idea of reviving the EDC. As the senior jurists involved in the ALCIDE project, we felt compelled to respond. Continue reading >>

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06 May 2026

Robert Schütze

On Reviving the 1952 European Defence Community

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. Continue reading >>

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