Supranational self-empowerment through bricolage: the role of the European Commission in EU security and defence
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2024-11
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
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This article provides a novel conceptualization of bricolage as a strategy for incremental supranational self-empowerment. It argues that the cumulative effects of different bricolage tools employed by the Commission have been central for progressively strengthening its role in EU security and defence, which culminated in the establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) and the Commission's Directorate-General Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). Building communication upon communication, the Commission used discursive bricolage to set the conditions for employing existing EU financial and organizational resources to advance its interests. Specifically, with its incremental bricolage approach, the Commission has managed to mitigate sovereignty concerns of member states, progressively nudging them towards deeper integration. Overall, our article shows how the Commission has strengthened its influence through the cumulative bricolage tools even in the intergovernmental domains of security and defence.
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Bricolage
CSDP
EU foreign policy
European Commission
Research and development
CSDP
EU foreign policy
European Commission
Research and development
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Müller, P., Slominski, P., & Sagmeister, W. (2024). Supranational self-empowerment through bricolage: the role of the European Commission in EU security and defence. Journal of Common Market Studies, 62(6), 1672-1691. https://doi.org/10.1111/JCMS.13564