European Defense Integration after Trump’s Re-Election: A Proposal to Revive the European Defense Community Treaty and its Legal Feasibility

Argues that, in strict legal terms, the 1952 European Defence Community Treaty could be revived today with ratification by just France and Italy, and sets out the public international law, comparative law and constitutional arguments for doing so. It contends the EDC’s supranational, jointly funded common army offers a stronger model than the current CFSP framework, while acknowledging the political obstacles involved. (DELI Working Paper No.3/2024)