Abstract

This article focuses on how the European Union (EU) has been developing, for the past few years, strategic thinking and tools in the area of cyberdefence. In an increasingly connected world, how does the EU conceive its role in cyberspace ? To what extent do European initiatives in the area of cyberdefence express the EU’s ambiguous relationship with the notion of power ? After assessing the strategic and institutional elements of European cyberdefence, this paper explores the limits of European initiatives and offers insight on the relationship between the EU and the idea of cyber power.