Article 346 TFEU: The point of intersection between legal ambition and political will regarding the Defence Procurement Directive (2009/81/EC)?
The European defence industry contributes to enable Member States of the European Union to care for the security and defence of European citizens. In order to safeguard the Member States’ ability to tend to their essential security interests, Article 346 TFEU was adopted. This Article provides Member States with the possibility to withhold information and take measures which they consider necessar