EU sanctions policy could imitate the coalition-building mechanism of Article 42.7 – the EU’s mutual defence clause – in response to gross violations of sovereignty through economic coercion
The EU’s work on its Strategic Compass should include debates on the special status states’ future role in European defence
The German Council presidency should work within a coalition of the willing to find a solution on migration.
The Austrian newspaper refers to ECFR’s policy brief on neutrality, opt-outs, and European defence
In the new geo-economic era, trade policy does not just follow trade logics, but also the logic of security policy and geopolitics. The EU needs an effective and credible anti-coercion instrument
Jonathan Hackenbroich, Pawel Zerka and Clara Sophie Cramer write about the proposed an EU anti-coercion instrument