THE EUROPEANIZATION OF NATO AND A COMMON EUROPEAN DEFENSE POLICY

On the other hand, a lot of problems remain. Britain is not very keen on building a European security and defence identity, and the British priority is then being given to NATO. Second, the American reluctance towards giving up their dominant position in NATO is also a great prob lem. A solution to these problems has to be found before an eventual c ommon European defence policy could be introduced. In the latter part of the article the possibilities of the creation of an ''inner core'' in the EU is analysed, and then as one of the possibilities which coul d be used if one or more states should refuse any more integration.