Europe Day Lecture – Dr. sc. Ivan Obadić’s lecture at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Varaždin
Europe Day Lecture – Dr. sc. Ivan Obadić’s lecture at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Varaždin
Invited by the Institute for Scientific Work of the Croatian Academy of Sciences Arts in Varaždin, on May 9, dr. sc. Ivan Obadić gave a lecture entitled “European Defence Community – the first attempt to create a European Army.” In his lecture at the Varaždin City Museum, dr. Obadić talked about the French Prime Minister René Pleven’s proposal in October 1950 to create a European Army under supranational authority, the failure of the European Defence Community, and the contemporary EU Security and Defence Challenges following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.