The White House (via OMB) strongly protests Congressional efforts within the FY 2027 NDAA to prohibit the purchase of warships from foreign shipyards. The Administration argues that these restrictions undermine national security by limiting flexibility and hindering its strategy of leveraging allied yards, such as in the 'Finland model,' to drive investment into U.S. shipbuilding capacity. This signals a significant policy shift toward integrating international partners into advanced naval construction, suggesting the Pentagon is prepared to bypass traditional domestic build requirements for future combat vessels.
Integration or deregulation? Europe’s split over how to achieve sovereignty
English Summary
The article argues that Europe’s sovereignty debate is increasingly split between an integrationist strategy (more EU-level coordination, financing, and industrial policy) and a deregulatory growth strategy (less bureaucracy, stronger national competitiveness). It supports this by contrasting leaders and policy preferences: Macron and Draghi push pooled instruments such as joint procurement and common financing, while De Wever, Merz, and Meloni prioritize regulatory simplification and nationally driven industrial revival. The piece warns that the main danger is not institutional rupture but policy incoherence, where parallel national and EU initiatives in defense and energy create duplication and underpowered outcomes. Strategically, it suggests the most viable path is a calibrated hybrid: selective integration in scale-dependent sectors (defense, tech, energy infrastructure) combined with targeted deregulation to restore growth, with Germany’s choices likely to determine whether that synthesis holds.
中文摘要
該文主張，歐洲的主權辯論正日益分裂為兩條路線：一是整合主義策略（加強歐盟層級的協調、融資與產業政策），二是去監管成長策略（減少官僚負擔、強化國家競爭力）。文章透過對比領導人及其政策偏好加以論證：馬克宏與德拉吉推動聯合採購、共同融資等共享工具；德韋弗、梅爾茨與梅洛尼則優先推進法規簡化與國家主導的產業復興。文中警告，主要風險不在制度性斷裂，而在政策不一致：國家與歐盟在國防與能源領域並行推進的倡議，可能導致重複投入與力度不足的結果。從戰略上看，最可行的路徑是經過校準的混合模式：在依賴規模效應的部門（國防、科技、能源基礎設施）採取選擇性整合，同時配合定向去監管以恢復成長，而德國的政策選擇很可能決定此一綜合方案能否維持。
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