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Emmanuel Macron’s speech: alarmist words
Emmanuel Macron declared “Europe can die” on Thursday April 25, during a speech at the Sorbonne in Paris. The president thus called for building a powerful Europe.
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Emmanuel Macron declared “Europe can die” on Thursday April 25, during a speech at the Sorbonne in Paris. The president thus called for building a powerful Europe.
By going up to the podium at the Sorbonne on Thursday, April 25, Emmanuel Macron wanted to be alarmist, and he immediately made it known. “Our Europe is mortal. It can die”, he declared at the Sorbonne (Paris). To avoid reaching this point, the president’s ambition can be summed up in a word hammered out twenty times: “power”. A power that begins with a stronger European defense.
European borders discussed
Two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron notably proposed a European preference for the purchase of military equipment, financed by a common loan. Cannons, tanks, planes, their production today largely depends on American industry. The president also addressed European borders and the idea of better controlling them. After ten years of negotiations, the European Parliament voted on the pact “asylum and migration”. It provides for simplified asylum procedures, more effective monitoring of migrants, and easier border crossings. An ambition which lacks credibility for the National Rally.
