Internationalism No. 82, December 2025 Page 3 From the series European news In our analysis, we have considered how the most likely path to EU rearmament could be through the creation of a European pillar within NATO. Rather than a common deterrence signifying the supreme affirmation of the sovereignty of a continental State, it would probably involve the sharing of State sovereignty at European level, in the form of nuclear sharing. This assessment is confirmed by a significant French source. Nuclear backing In an October report by the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS) , Emmanuelle Maître and Etienne Marcuz elaborate on the concrete prospects for cooperation between States to achieve European-scale deterrence. Together with the British system, they write, French nuclear deterrence forms the foundation of a true European pillar within NATO . The creation of a Franco-British Nuclear Steering Group with the Northwood Declaration ...