Jazhara Independent Paneuropean Policy Initiative

While this is a strong and welcome proposal, it appears to lack a clear framework for preventing double taxation. This is particularly important for cross-border workers, as the absence or insufficiency of double taxation treaties can create significant financial and administrative barriers.

The EUs strategic foresight should begin from the recognition that the global environment has entered a phase of persistent systemic competition in which economic, technological, informational, and security domains are increasingly weaponised. The erosion of the post-WWII multilateral order is not temporary, and a return to previous assumptions of stability should not be the baseline for long-term planning. 1.

I commend the proposed revision of the Defence Procurement Directive as a significant step toward simplifying and modernizing defence procurement in the EU. However, I would like to emphasize that the initiative could be further strengthened by integrating two complementary measures: An EU-Funded Research and Development (R&D) Program An EU Strategic Reserve for Weapons, Systems, Ammunition, and Material 1.

While ESSPASS will significantly improve the verification and coordination of social security rights, there is a risk that increased efficiency could unintentionally entrench entitlement frameworks that deter free movement in practice.

I welcome the Communication on the Defence Single Market as a timely and necessary step toward strengthening Europes defence capabilities. However, the proposal overlooks the most direct and effective solution to the challenges of fragmentation, inefficiency, and external dependency: the creation of a joint EU military development budget and the establishment of a European Union Strategic Reserve of Material and…