PESD: quali prospettive durante la presidenza UE di Berlino?
20/1/2007Approfondimento scritto per ISN-Security Watch.
As Germany took the helm of the EU’s rotating presidency on 1 January, Berlin vowed to “further strengthen and expand” the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble, a committed Europeanist, also told the press that one of Berlin’s chief objectives would be to “make Europe a safer place” by enhancing the EU’s capabilities in the struggle against “international terrorism” and “illegal immigration.”
However, since France and the Netherlands rejected the proposed EU Constitutional Treaty in 2005, little progress has been made in the ESDP. Moreover, Brussels’ often cumbersome institutional functioning, its urgent need for energy security and France’s political stalemate during the presidential campaign may force Berlin to prioritize other aspects of European politics.
