TEPSA Policy Paper by Gunilla Herolf “Security and Defence – an Issue for the European Citizen?” by Gunilla Herolf

TEPSA_LOGODuring the last few years financial issues have tended to dominate in Europe. However, two new challenges – the recent Russian policy towards Ukraine and the upcoming European Parliament elections – have, each in its own way, made it clear that European citizens must address and engage in discussions over a wider field, prominent among which are discussions about security and defence. This task is neither easy nor without potential pitfalls but it is necessary in order to ascertain that the values that lay behind the forming of the European Union will prevail.

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