Politics

How Europe's ‘independence moment’ hides a transaction: security for integration

Stuart Dowell
 18.12.2025, 16:30
Sold as strategic autonomy, Brussels offers security after U.S. retreat in return for deeper EU federalisation. Photo: Omar Havana/Getty Images
Sold as strategic autonomy, Brussels offers security after U.S. retreat in return for deeper EU federalisation. Photo: Omar Havana/Getty Images

Sold as strategic autonomy, Brussels offers security after U.S. retreat in return for deeper EU federalisation.