Against this sombre backdrop, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, is surely right to suggest that business as usual cannot be an option. He and others are pushing for a newly assertive “Made in Europe” industrial strategy, versions of which will dominate the summit’s agenda. On defence, this is already the EU’s direction of travel: Security Action for Europe (Safe), its new joint defence-procurement scheme, mandates that the lion’s share of purchases are made from EU members, or closely associated countries.