EU Military Chiefs Call for Stronger Collective Defense Commitments

 May 16, 2025 21:28 Dmytro Shumlianskyi

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At a recent meeting of the European Union Military Committee, the chiefs of general staff from EU member states recommended strengthening the EU’s collective defense provisions, according to Euronews.

The discussion centers on Article 42.7 of the Treaty on European Union, which obliges EU countries to provide “aid and assistance by all the means in their power” if a fellow member state is the victim of armed aggression.

However, the clause currently defers to national defense policies and existing NATO commitments, making it more limited in scope than NATO’s Article 5.