French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe to meet the challenges of a changed world and warned that “our Europe today is mortal and may die”reports “France Presse”.
“She can die and it depends only on our choices,” he emphasized and indicated that Europe “is not armed against the risks we face” in a world where “the rules of the game have changed”.
Over the next decade, there is a huge risk that Europe will be weakened or even rejected, Macron pointed out in his speech at the Sorbonne in Paris about the president’s vision for the future of Europe.
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He urged Europe to break out of a “strategic minority” that has left it too dependent on Russia for energy and the US for security.
He described Russia’s behavior after its invasion of Ukraine as “without restraint” and stated that it is no longer clear where Moscow’s “borders” are.
According to Macron, the irreplaceable “necessary condition” for European security is “that Russia does not win the war of aggression in Ukraine”.
We need to build a strategic concept for a reliable European defense, he insisted and added that Europe cannot be a “vassal” of the United States.
Macron said he would ask European partners for proposals in the coming months and pointed out that Europe also needs its own capabilities in cyber defense and cyber security.
According to the French leader, it should to give preference to European suppliers in the purchase of military equipment. He supported the idea of a European loan to finance this effort.
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