Reimagine and reconstruct : Analysis on the discourses regarding the European defence industrial collaboration and implications for the European project
Journal: Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University
Year: 2024

The defence industry has traditionally been considered a national priority, whereas joint defence industry has received little attention in the collective discourses on European security. Over the course of the past few years the arguments for strengthening the European defence industry have become more accentuated, especially as the war in Ukraine has made it clear how unprepared European nations were for a large-scale crisis. Concepts such as strategic autonomy for Europe and reduced dependenc