Europe is at risk of death

He French President Emmanuel Macronwarned this Thursday that Europe can dieGiven the in the world they changed the rules of the game.

We must be clear about the fact that our current Europe is deadly. You can die. He can die, and that depends solely on our decisions. But these decisions must be made now,” said the Elysée leader.

During a visit to the Sorbonne Universityhe president called to strengthen sovereignty on the continent.

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Although their proposals refer to the European Union (EU), Macron proposed a political-geographical entity more espaciousbetween the Chinese-American rivalry and confronted with a Russia more aggressive.

The mandatary He thus called on the EU to have a firm defenseto boost its military industry and reinforce the European pillar within the I’LL TAKEeven advocating the provision of an anti-missile shield.

We have initiated profound changes. But we are not on the same scale because the rules of the game have changed. And because the very fact that the war has returned to European soil, but that it is waged by a power with nuclear weapons, changes everything. Because the mere fact that Iran is about to acquire nuclear weapons changes everything. That is the first change in the rules, he maintained.

There is no defense without defense industry. We have been underinvested for decades,” he said.

He argued that countries should give preference to the purchase of military material from the continent.

We must produce more, we must produce faster and we must produce as Europeans,” he said.

“Europe must show that it is never a vassal of the United States and that it also knows how to talk to all the other regions of the world,” he stated.

Macron has long advocated for a European “strategic autonomy” that implies less dependence on Washingtona position that has gained greater resonance in the face of the renewed candidacy of Donald Trump to the White House.

Trump has often accused Europe to improve defense at the expense of the United States.

However, EU officials believe there is currently no military alternative to the United States.

Our liberal democracy is increasingly criticized, with false arguments, with a kind of inversion of values, because we let things happen, because we are vulnerable. Everywhere in our Europe, our values ​​and our culture are threatened, because the foundations are questioned in the belief that authoritarian approaches would somehow be more effective or attractive,” he stated,

With information from AFP.

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