WEU’s Position Towards EDI

• Main Author: Lluís Maria de Puig
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) 1997-12-01
• Series: Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals
• Online Access: http://www.cidob.org/es/content/download/5726/55392/file/38-39puig_cast.pdf

Puig argues that despite the WEU reactivation in the late 80’s, the end of the Cold War has produced a change in the European security scenario, giving NATO and the Euro-Atlantic geostrategic area a preeminent role. The definition of a European Security and Defense Identity (ESDI), which occupies a secondary role, is still full of difficulties, such as the existing division among Europeans on the conception and implementation of a common foreign and security policy. The author underlines that rapprochement or eventual integration between the WEU and the European Union is uncertain, since no decision has been taken on ESDI, its relation with NATO, and the future of Article V on mutual assistance of the Brussels Treaty.