Defense White Paper: Where Andrius Kubil • Table.Briefings

Andrius Kubilius from Lithuania is the first EU Commissioner for Defense. He is to present a White Paper on defense.

Andrius Kubilius is to present a White Paper on the future of European defense in the first 100 days. However, the EU Commissioner for Defense is battling against high expectations and the red lines of some member states. Which is why even the timing is a problem for Berlin.

Andrius Kubilius will almost certainly disappoint. Expectations of the first EU Commissioner for Defense are high, but his powers and scope are limited. The White Paper on the future of European defense, which the Lithuanian is to present within the first 100 days, will be his first test case.

Defense White Paper: Where Andrius Kubilius encounters red lines

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