The White Paper on the Future of European Defence, released in March 2025, represents a landmark initiative by the European Commission to articulate a cohesive vision for strengthening the EU’s defence posture amid mounting geopolitical instability. Acting as a framework for the ReArm Europe plan, the document proposes mobilising hundreds of billions of EUR in defence investments, making use of national and EU resources. The ReArm Europe Plan and the White Paper clearly succeed in politically signalling the EU’s renewed commitment to defence investment and military readiness.
Authors: Spyros Blavoukos, Senior Research Fellow; Panagiotis Politis Lamprou, Junior Research Fellow – Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy.
This article is available on the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy website.
