PARIS. «Europe is surrounded and it is not sufficiently armed» in the face of challenges posed by «unscrupulous regional powers» such as China and Russia. The French president said it, Emmanuel Macronin his speech on Europe at the Sorbonne. «The rules of the game have changed and The era in which Europe delegated its protection to the United States is over. In the next decade there is an immense risk of being weakened because we are living in an unprecedented moment of acceleration of transformations.”
«We must be aware that our Europe can die – he then added – and this depends solely on our choices, which must be made now because it is today Our ability to ensure our safety is at stake and why major transitions and challenges posed by artificial intelligence, digital transition and the environment are at play now. The attack against liberal democracies and our values and against what is the very substratum of European civilization is being waged now.”
Anti-missile shield for Europe and increased weapons production
«The necessary condition for our security is that Russia does not win its war against Europe. We are faced with an uninhibited power, which attacked a European countryThat it doesn't tell us what its limits are», denounced Macron, underlining: «Why should we say our limits? Now not only Ukrainian security is at stake, but also that of Europeans”, and then he called for a credible Europe capable of dissuading possible adversaries. With a missile shield? “Maybe,” said the French president. “We have to build in Europe a strategic defense concept that is crediblebuild a European defense initiative», he added, quoting the ability to strike deep and to have anti-missile systems. «France and the French army are ready to put themselves at the forefront of European defense thanks also to atomic weapons – he then recalled – an essential element of European defense to build the continent's security guarantees”.
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Europe must rearm and it must do so with European military industries: «We need to introduce a European preference on the purchase of military equipment» proposed the French president who then invoked the affirmation of a «European defense industrial strategy», which allows us to produce «more and faster», with products Made in Europe. The consolidation of the European defense industry “is a necessity”, he then underlined, recalling that today Europe purchases the majority of its armaments in other countries, such as the USA and South Korea. Macron also called for a new “European loan” For invest in the armaments and defense sector.
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«European borders are our common good»
«The Europe that is powerful is also a Europe that controls its borders»: added the French president, applauding the recent adoption of EU asylum and immigration pact. Macron invoked the need to «act more firmly on repatriations and readmissions» and to fight «more firmly» against the networks of human traffickers.
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«Our borders are a common good», he underlined, then invoking the need to strengthen the «Schengen Council». We need to “change governance”, “build a political structure” that allows us to decide together, in a “more effective” way on these issues, Macron then warned.
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Joint investment shock plan
Emmanuel Macron also asked «increase our joint investment capabilities». Evoking, among other things, the positions of Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, both appointed by Brussels to draw up two reports on the future of the common market and on the European competitivenessthe French president underlined the need to «massive investments» at community level. State aid «is not a solution», he pointed out, calling for «new choices of common investment». A «public investment shock» but also «private investments» and «greater EU own resourceswith the aim of not burdening European citizens.”
Europe runs the risk of impoverishment
«Our Europe is increasingly contested for its political modelin its ability to build narratives”, underlined the French president, recalling that the “solution is the our ability to make massive strategic decisions, understand the paradigm shift And respond with power, prosperity And humanism», elements «with which it will be possible to give content to Europe and prevent it from disappearing, a political project».
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