Category: VIEWS

Obviously, not everything will be changed in a few months. Even those who would like it, cannot hope that this Conference on the Future of Europe, which is finally being held, will immediately lead to a Europe of Defence or, even less so, to a United States of Europe. By splitting the objectives between long-term projects and immediate reforms we could, however enable the Union to take essential and irreversible steps forward.

It is simple, obvious, perfectly clear. Putin has amassed troops on Ukraine’s eastern borders and in annexed Crimea as a reminder that no one could stop him from embarking on a third violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity without risking a war between the Atlantic Alliance and the Russian Federation.

No, the Union is not in perdition. On the contrary, in the midst of the reefs, facing the wind, it is tackling new shores, seeking political unity after having created the common market and introduced the single currency. The Union is entering the third, most difficult phase of its History. This is why everything is rocking on board and will continue to rock, but it is a mistake to predict a shipwreck already, instead of seeing the promise of new lands.

If I were the Chinese, I would get rid of him as soon as possible. I don’t know if they can do it. In truth, I doubt it, since this man is reigning terror at the top of his party after having eliminated his rivals in the name of the fight against corruption, but if China could still do so, it would be in its interest to replace him before he has cost it too much because…

It is an unspoken but growing feeling of discomfort. Faced with the straight talk of the new American diplomacy, one can feel the anxiety of all those who are so afraid of their own shadow and fear so much for their exports that they keep repeating that one would have to be very naïve and stupidly human-rightist to imagine changing things by denouncing the crimes of dictatorships.