At the Sorbonne, Macron warns that Europe is “deadly” and requires constructing a “credible” protection technique | EUROtoday
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SSeven years later, Emmanuel Macron returned to the Sorbonne for a brand new speech on Europe. The Head of State took inventory of the progress for the reason that Sorbonne 1, a speech given on September 26, 2017 at the beginning of his mandate, earlier than rolling out a sequence of measures to maneuver in direction of “a powerful”, “more sovereign” Europe. .
“Our Europe has decided, it has moved forward,” underlined the President of the Republic, addressing the ambassadors of the 26 different Member States of the European Union, the delegation of the European Commission in France, enterprise leaders, college students and researchers.READ ALSO Europeans 2024: Macron's double or nothingThe thought of sovereignty has “established itself in Europe”, he declared, nonetheless conceding failures. “Despite this unprecedented conjunction of crises, Europe has rarely advanced so much,” he salutes, citing particularly the “strategic unity” of the 27 in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, and even referring to the struggle in Ukraine. Sovereignty has additionally been imprinted in Europe, in keeping with Emmanuel Macron, because of “control of borders”.
“Our Europe is deadly”
Welcoming progress on the European stage, Emmanuel Macron nonetheless warned of the chance for Europe of being “weakened, even relegated”. “Our Europe can die […] Our Europe is mortal, it depends on us,” he stated within the face of the worldwide geopolitical context and the rearmament of the world, citing Iran particularly.
And to guarantee: “The rules of the game have changed. » According to the President of the Republic, “massive strategic decisions and ensuring paradigm shifts” are mandatory in order that Europe “does not disappear”.
READ ALSO Sorbonne II: Macron has a gathering with… MacronFor Emmanuel Macron, “the main danger for the European Union is the war in Ukraine” which Russia “must not win”. He thus assumes having “reintroduced strategic ambiguity” final February towards Vladimir Putin. “We are facing an uninhibited power,” he stated, not ruling out equipping itself with an anti-missile protect. He will thus invite European representatives to construct “a credible defense of Europe”.
He defends “a European preference in the purchase of military equipment” and helps the concept of a European mortgage to finance this protection effort.
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