Defence
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Arms industry
Greece still splashes out billions on defence
11 January 201234Die Zeit Hamburg -
6 October 20111PresseuropPúblico
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28 September 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad
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Czech Republic
Fatty army to go on a diet
31 August 2011PresseuropLidové noviny -
Libyan war
Europe comes through its baptism of fire
24 August 20114Le Figaro Paris -
France-Germany
Paris and Berlin want a maritime EADS
1 August 20111PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland -
Afghanistan
French troops to follow US retreat
24 June 20111PresseuropLe Figaro -
Slovakia – Czech Republic
After the Russians, ecological disaster
20 June 2011PresseuropSME -
11 May 20111PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza
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Belgium-Netherlands
Common army to battle budgetary crisis?
5 May 20111PresseuropDe Standaard -
Romania
A khaki-coloured American dream
4 May 20111Jurnalul Naţional Bucharest -
Netherlands
Austerity homes in on Defence
8 April 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Germany
Bundeswehr in choppy waters
26 January 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
18 January 2011PresseuropProfil
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Germany
Auf Wiedersehen citizen's army
4 January 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Military alliance
Towards a EuroNato?
21 December 20104Rzeczpospolita Warsaw -
Alliances
Nordic countries huddle together
7 December 2010EUobserver.com Brussels -
19 November 2010România libera Bucharest
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18 November 2010PresseuropDe Standaard
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11 November 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau
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UK / FRANCE
Napoleon's last laugh
2 November 20102PresseuropDaily Express -
United Kingdom
Torture guide for Her Majesty’s army
26 October 2010PresseuropThe Guardian -
Austerity
A farewell to arms?
25 October 2010La Repubblica Rome -
Diplomacy
Letting Russia into the henhouse
19 October 2010PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
15 October 2010Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Warsaw
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14 September 20101PresseuropDie Tageszeitung
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Diplomacy
Will the EU cuddle up to NATO?
13 September 2010PresseuropThe Irish Times -
Germany
Military service scrapped
24 August 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Czech Republic
Moscow just can’t let go
24 August 2010PresseuropRespekt -
Economic crisis
Crisis boosts European military cooperation
12 August 2010El País Madrid -
Czech Republic
Prague gets its missile defence shield
30 July 2010PresseuropHospodářské noviny -
29 July 2010PresseuropDiário de Notícias
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Rapid Reaction Force
What's the point in a European army?
24 June 2010PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Armies
An austere disarmament
9 June 20103Il Sole-24 Ore Milan -
Czech Republic
Prague, nuclear disarmament capital
8 April 2010PresseuropHospodářské noviny -
Nuclear disarmament
US/Russian pact revives spectres
7 April 2010Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
Arms industry
Germany Europe's biggest arms exporter
15 March 20101PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Aviation
France and US in trade battle
11 March 2010PresseuropLe Figaro -
Common Defence
Time to close ranks
9 March 20102European Voice Brussels -
Germany
Trouble in the Bundeswehr
5 March 2010PresseuropDie Zeit -
5 February 2010PresseuropRomânia libera
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EU-Russia
Sweden pushed onto Baltic chessboard
18 November 2009PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
France/Poland
Paris and Warsaw cosy up on defence
5 November 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
23 October 2009PresseuropPolska The Times
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Anti-missile shield
Russia inspires fear and foreboding
18 September 20091Presseurop -
Netherlands
Dutch nukes without a home
10 September 2009PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
27 August 2009PresseuropCotidianul
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27 August 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza
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Caucase
Romanian arms for Georgia
7 August 2009PresseuropCotidianul -
Military
Poland's Dad’s army
5 August 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza
Frigates, tanks and submarines: Greece may be teetering on the brink, but the bite of austerity hasn’t come near its military. And Germany is profiting from it. 
The campaign in Libya has shown that the EU is able to conduct a major military operation, but it also has revealed its shortcomings, argues a journalist from French daily Le Figaro. 
The 3rd May announcement that the former military base in Deveselu has been chosen as the site for part of the American missile defence shield has brought a glimmer of hope to an undeveloped corner of southern Romania. 
Notwithstanding claims made by participants, the Nato summit in Lisbon did not constitute a turning point: the alliance continues to be undermined by a profound crisis, highlighted not only by the problems it faces in Afghanistan, but also by nagging doubts about the effectiveness of mutual assistance in the event of threats to security. 
As the world gets bigger, and the rush for the resources beneath the Artic sea intensifies, the countries of Europe’s far North are seeking common cause. 
The NATO summit to be held in Lisbon on 19 and 20 November will be marked by the rise of Russian influence in the alliance. A Romanian editorialist highlights the vital importance of the link between Eastern Europe and Washington. 
The crisis is forcing European states to make unprecedented cuts in their defence budgets, leaving their armed forces short on men and means – and eventually eroding their technological edge. 
Letting Russia join NATO — the new big idea of the alliance's strategists — might make sense to some, but to others who still fear the bear's claws, it is pure folly. 
Blocked by national interests, European military cooperation is still at an embryonic stage. However, the economic crisis has encouraged member states to break new ground in their quest to take advantage of synergies and share common resources and defence infrastructure. 
Emergency measures enacted to reduce public spending and deficits are now being applied to the Defence budgets. Pulling out of foreign missions, reductions in weapons maintenance, and a decrease in military purchases are therefore the order of the day, at the expense of efficiency, notes Il Sole 24 Ore.
A year after he launched an appeal for global nuclear disarmament, US President Barack Obama has returned to Prague to sign a treaty with Russia to reduce the arsenals of the worlds two major nuclear powers. However, bridge-building between Washington and Moscow alarms some commentators in a region, where memories of Soviet invasion have not been laid to rest. 
When it comes to defence, each member state has so far been content to pump money into its own army. But challenges posed by the conflict in Afghanistan may force a rethink of this policy. 
Barack Obama's decision to abandon plans for a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic – promised by George Bush – has not been welcomed in either country. The European press expresses its concern about the influence of Moscow in the region.