Underlining the deteriorating geopolitical context, MEPs on Wednesday 21 January said that the United States’ National Security Strategy, presented in December 2025, reinforced the urgent need for Europe to assume responsibility for its own security.
In the 2025 report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy by Thijs Reuten (S&D, Dutch), which they adopted by 395 votes to 197 with 70 abstentions, MEPs recognise NATO’s crucial role in Europe’s collective...