Alcide De Gasperi and the European Defence Community: Lessons for Today’s Europe
Published on “European View”, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Abstract In March 2025, opening a European Parliament debate on defence, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen cited Alcide De Gasperi, recalling that 70 years earlier he had urged Europeans not merely to keep the peace but to build a common defence. The reference was […]