The European Union is facing a decisive moment. The international order is under attack, and Europe can no longer afford to depend on the changing will of external powers for its security, prosperity and democracy. The illusion that appeasement can protect us has failed. Strategic autonomy is no longer optional — it is a necessity.

This declaration of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe calls for

• A European Common Defence based on the EU Treaties;

• A stronger EU budget to finance defence, innovation, cohesion and climate action;

• The end of national vetoes in foreign, security, fiscal and enlargement policies;

• A more federal Europe, capable of acting decisively and democratically.

Europe must become a true political union — or accept strategic irrelevance.

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