Hajnalka VINCZE is a security policy researcher specialized in European and transatlantic issues. Her analyses deal with intra-European and Euro-American power relations, with a particular emphasis on the strategic dimension
and the technological-industrial basis. She takes position in favour
of an autonomous, political Europe. Her commitment to the
preservation and promotion of the European model makes
her a long-time advocate of the core Europe concept.

"I am not an optimist; I am determined." (Jean Monnet, 1976)

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Article 296 of the TEC: obstacle or safety barrier?

Défense & Stratégie (Observatoire Européen de Sécurité) n°18, October 2006

Language of the original publication: French

In the public relations offensive carried out from Brussels - with the explicit or implicit support of a large part of the private industrial sector - article 296 is presented as being at the origin of the European fragmentation in the armament field. The only error of this otherwise attractive reasoning is that it confuses cause and consequence. Because far from being the source, article 296 is rather the reflection of our divisions. In particular that of the divergences, not to say differences, of intra-European viewpoints on the very idea we have on Europe’s future: power or not, European or not.

The French version offers a translation possibility into English at the bottom of the page.

(Hajnalka Vincze, Article 296 of the TEC: obstacle or safety barrier?, Défense & Stratégie (Observatoire Européen de Sécurité) n°18, October 2006, 15,700 characters)

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