Macron warns EU could 'die' in face of global competition

Eclectic · Apr 25, 2024

"We need to be clear on the fact that our Europe is mortal — it can die," Macron said.

He said the bloc's survival "depends only on our choices." He warned that "the rules of the game" had changed and the EU was not "armed against the risks we face."

"We are still too slow and not ambitious enough," he said, calling for a "powerful Europe."

The French president has long called for the European Union to assert itself as a cohesive geopolitical bloc in the face of rivalry from the United States and China and is a strong supporter of Brussels' stated policy of achieving "strategic autonomy."

On Thursday, Macron accused Washington and Beijing of deciding "to stop respecting the rules of trade," citing the US Inflation Reduction Act. He said such policies could bring about the "impoverishment" of Europe.

"It cannot work if we are the only ones in the world to respect the rules of trade — as they were written up 15 years ago — if the Chinese and the Americans no longer respect them by subsidising critical sectors," 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," Macron said.

The French leader said many European countries had "delegated" their defense to the US, energy to Russia and other matters to China.

He said recent "relocalization" efforts had been "unprecedented" in Europe's history, stressing that France had moved beyond its "industrial and technological naivety" and was "correcting" its trade policies while beginning to establish "technological sovereignty."
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https://www.dw.com/en/macron-warns-eu-could-die-in-face-of-global-competition/a-68916624

Europe is beginning to realize how badly served they are by being second fiddle to the US. US policy on Ukraine has resulted in shutting off Russian energy supplies to the EU and making them dependent on OPEC supplies controlled by Arab, UK and US interests. This has harmed EU manufacturing and hurt their ability to compete with China.

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