“Emmanuel Macron continues to believe in the added value of the European project, provided that it reaches a new milestone” | EUROtoday

Lhe setting, within the giant amphitheater of the Sorbonne, is definitely not that of an electoral assembly: Emmanuel Macron claims to have placed on his garments as head of state to ship his speech on Europe, Thursday April 25, defending himself to enter the marketing campaign, lower than two months earlier than the June 9 election. The alternative of location was to put this new handle in continuity with that given in the beginning of his first mandate, in the identical place, in September 2017.

At the time, the newly elected French president sought to persuade of the necessity for the continent to defend its “sovereignty”even its “strategic autonomy”. A prognosis otherwise appreciated exterior the borders, however since validated by the Covid pandemic and the return of battle to the borders of the Union. Seven years later, Emmanuel Macron was to name for specifying the contours of a “Power Europe” capable of defend its pursuits in an more and more hostile world, at a time when the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Sino-American rivalry threaten the continent with downgrading.

If the intention to weigh within the electoral debates is apparent, at a time when the listing of the presidential camp candidate for the European elections is way behind, within the polls, by that of the National Rally, the view of the Head of State needs to be past this single situation. In his thoughts, it’s about inspiring as a lot as potential what the leaders of the Twenty-Seven name their “strategic agenda” for the approaching legislature, or, extra prosaically, the work program of the subsequent Brussels Commission, whether or not or not its president, Ursula von der Leyen, is confirmed in her submit following the June election.

Faced with the temptation to withdraw carried by far-right events, Emmanuel Macron continues to consider within the added worth of the European mission, offered that it takes a brand new step, to attempt to have affect on this planet. No one disputes it: the emergency is actual because the atmosphere has grow to be hostile.

“Long taboo question”

“The post-Cold War order is dead and buried. Russia is a direct threat, while US investment in Europe, our main ally and protector, may once again decline. At the same time, China intends to establish its own world order”, notes Guillaume Klossa, initiator of a current collective report despatched to European leaders to arrange for upcoming conferences. Increasingly apparent realities, which more and more expose the continent's vulnerabilities.

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