Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001164/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Petra Steger (PfE)
On 4 March 2025, Commission President von der Leyen announced her ‘ReArm Europe’ plan. The aim is to mobilise up to EUR 800 billion by activating the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact and by taking on mutualised debt in breach of the Treaty. In doing so, the Commission is not only driving forward the debt Union and the erosion of national sovereignty in an impressive fashion, but is also transforming the EU from a former peacemaker into an actor of war. The most recent statements by EPP group leader Manfred Weber, according to which Europe must move towards becoming a military economy and put in place a common European command to command the rearmed national armies, are also illustrative of this shift. The zeitgeist of peace-destroying bellicosity that is rampant in Brussels is thus heading for an alarming climax, while the rest of the world – with the USA under President Trump leading the way – is focussing on an imminent peaceful solution.
- 1.In the light of the EU’s erstwhile peace objectives, how does the Commission justify the gradual destruction of national sovereignty and the mutualisation of debt for military purposes in breach of the Treaty?
- 2.Is the Commission pursuing the goal of a war-oriented economy and the establishment of a central command over national armies?
- 3.Is it not irresponsible for the Commission to be preparing for a military escalation with Russia while the USA is striving for an early peace agreement with that very country?
Submitted: 19.3.2025