The growing role of the European Commission in defence capability development
Journal: European Integration Studies
Year: 2024

The aim of this research is to present and analyse the growing role of the European Commission in defence capability development. In the first section, I review the literature on the theoretical background of the Commission’s role in the European defence policy. In the second section, I briefly present the decision-making processes in the fields of Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy. Following the discussion of the external factors that underpin these devel