Europe is realigning—but can leaders keep citizens on board?

This commentary is published in coordination with the 2025 Global Security Forum, of which Defense One is a media partner.Last month’s Signal chat scandal was the latest of several moves by the three-month-old Trump administration that have—at last—catalyzed European action toward strategic autonomy and defense capabilities. Now European leaders must keep their citizens on board.At the EU and among member states, some of the most entrenched taboos around greater European a