EDA and EU defence procurement integration
The chapter reflects upon the ten years since the establishment of the European Defence Agency (EDA) and analyses its role in the process of European integration in the area of defence procurement. The chapter examines the various initiatives undertaken so far by the EDA in the process of Europeanis...
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| author | Georgopoulos, Aris |
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| description | The chapter reflects upon the ten years since the establishment of the European Defence Agency (EDA) and analyses its role in the process of European integration in the area of defence procurement. The chapter examines the various initiatives undertaken so far by the EDA in the process of Europeanisation of a policy area that has been linked to core functions of the state and for that reason, based upon a decision making process carried out primarily at national level. Contrary to received wisdom that the EDA’s impact and role has been of limited importance – particularly after the advent of the Defence and Security Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC, proposed by the European Commission and adopted by the Council of the EU and the European Parliament – the chapter argues that the EDA’s contribution in the process of European integration in the field of defence procurement has been especially noteworthy. The chapter submits in particular that the EDA played a crucial role in two ways: First, it demystified and rendered more acceptable the deliberation at the EU level of issues pertaining to the design, rules and policies of defence procurement. Second, by doing so it provided additional political “legitimisation” to the European integration process in this area which led to the enactment of the Defence and Security Procurement Directive. Finally the chapter argues that the EDA must continue its important contribution to the European defence procurement integration and identifies the areas that it may do so. |
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| spelling | nottingham-393532020-05-04T17:06:56Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39353/ EDA and EU defence procurement integration Georgopoulos, Aris The chapter reflects upon the ten years since the establishment of the European Defence Agency (EDA) and analyses its role in the process of European integration in the area of defence procurement. The chapter examines the various initiatives undertaken so far by the EDA in the process of Europeanisation of a policy area that has been linked to core functions of the state and for that reason, based upon a decision making process carried out primarily at national level. Contrary to received wisdom that the EDA’s impact and role has been of limited importance – particularly after the advent of the Defence and Security Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC, proposed by the European Commission and adopted by the Council of the EU and the European Parliament – the chapter argues that the EDA’s contribution in the process of European integration in the field of defence procurement has been especially noteworthy. The chapter submits in particular that the EDA played a crucial role in two ways: First, it demystified and rendered more acceptable the deliberation at the EU level of issues pertaining to the design, rules and policies of defence procurement. Second, by doing so it provided additional political “legitimisation” to the European integration process in this area which led to the enactment of the Defence and Security Procurement Directive. Finally the chapter argues that the EDA must continue its important contribution to the European defence procurement integration and identifies the areas that it may do so. Routledge Karampekios, Nikolaos Oikonomou, Iraklis 2015-04-10 Book Section PeerReviewed Georgopoulos, Aris (2015) EDA and EU defence procurement integration. In: The European Defence Agency: arming Europe. Rouledge studies in European security and strategy . Routledge, London, pp. 118-136. ISBN 9781138799974 European Defence Agency defence procurement armaments procurement regulation European integration competition https://www.routledge.com/The-European-Defence-Agency-Arming-Europe/Karampekios-Oikonomou/p/book/9781138799974 |
| spellingShingle | European Defence Agency defence procurement armaments procurement regulation European integration competition Georgopoulos, Aris EDA and EU defence procurement integration |
| title | EDA and EU defence procurement integration |
| title_full | EDA and EU defence procurement integration |
| title_fullStr | EDA and EU defence procurement integration |
| title_full_unstemmed | EDA and EU defence procurement integration |
| title_short | EDA and EU defence procurement integration |
| title_sort | eda and eu defence procurement integration |
| topic | European Defence Agency defence procurement armaments procurement regulation European integration competition |
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