DISCUSSION PAPER EUROPEAN POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONS PROGRAMME - NATO and the

the political and financial heft of the Union can best The European Union and NATO struggle to coordinate, be combined with the military strength of the Atlantic risking duplication and even competition. [...] The central task of the that will transcend the historic separation of the two joint EU-NATO command centre would be to end the bodies, entrench the security and defence dimension current fragmentation of European defence. [...] And it would encourage the British to eye to the later evolution of the sector, the principle of become again a serious player on the European stage. [...] So a start on the reforms can be made would take command of the West’s campaign to blunt now, with codification of the constitution left to when the Russia’s aggression, utilising as necessary the diplomatic EU treaties are again up for comprehensive revision.20 heft and financial potential of the Union and the military clout of the Alliance. [...] A fresh coalition of Europe’s allies and partners must be marshalled The new body, fusing the EU and NATO at the executive behind the original determination level, would respect the autonomy of both with regard to of the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty.