France and Germany back calls for faster, more efficient EU decisions in foreign and security policy.

icholas Vinocur, Jacopo Barigazzi   Politico.eu1 September 2026
Paris and Berlin have thrown their weight behind a call to make EU decision-making on foreign policy and security more efficient, according to a letter seen by POLITICO.

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