Supranational Self‐Empowerment Through Bricolage: The Role of the European Commission in EU Security and Defence
Journal: JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
Year: 2023

Abstract This article provides a novel conceptualization of bricolage as a strategy for incremental supranational self‐empowerment. It argues that the cumulative effects of different bricolage tools employed by the Commission have been central for progressively strengthening its role in EU security and defence, which culminated in the establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) and the Commission's Directorate‐General Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). Building communication upon commun