Can Europe ensure its defence on its own ?

"Poland and the Czech Republic would have been better off choosing a European security policy", suggests the daily, regarding American plans to install an anti-missile shield in these two countries. "An anti-missile shield sounds good, especially when the missiles come from Iran, or North Korea. ... But there are some serious questions to be answered. The three States [Poland, the Czech Republic and the United States] have made a decision excluding any consultation of the EU, or even NATO. ... Poland and the Czech Republic could have chosen a better path. The EU and NATO would have been better equipped to coordinate regional solutions to exterior threats coming from Russia, or countries such as Iran and North Kora. European security policy is of course still only in embryonic stages, but it does not deserve to be condemned to death before it even sees the light of day."

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