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# Draghi tells Brussels Europe must act like a federation, not a confederation
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-09-16-draghi-brussels-one-year-on/
- Published: 2025-09-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T04:01:44.000Z
- Description: Mario Draghi argued Europe must act "less like a confederation and more like a federation", citing the EU's three AI foundation models against the US's forty, and a trade deal struck partly on American terms because of defence dependence.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #opinion, #editor-read

Verified Opinion Editor-read [Groupe d'Etudes Géopolitiques, 16 September 2025](https://geopolitique.eu/en/2025/09/16/mario-draghi-in-brussels-one-year-on/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It commits no government or institution to any of Draghi's proposals, which remain his own recommendations.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-14\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)