Mario Draghi with a clear message again: The world has changed. Europe needs to move from a confederation to a pragmatic federation! This needs to be urgently discussed on EU level!
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„Europe faces a future in which it risks ...becoming subordinate, divided and deindustrialised. A Europe incapable of defending its own interests will not be able to preserve its values for long. Of all those who find themselves caught between the United States and China today, only Europeans have the option of becoming a true power.
We must decide: do we simply remain a large market, subject to the priorities of others? Or do we take the necessary steps to become a power?
Europe must move towards becoming a federation. Where the EU has federated – on trade, competition, the single market, monetary policy – we are respected as a power and negotiate as a single entity. A Europe that is unified on trade but fragmented on defence will see its commercial power exploited to the detriment of its security dependence, as is happening now. European integration is built not on force but on common will; not on submission but on shared benefit. It is integration without subordination, which is far preferable but also much more difficult.
It requires a different approach. I have called it pragmatic federalism. By acting together, we will rediscover something that has long been dormant: our pride, our self-confidence, our confidence in our future. And it is on these foundations that Europe will be built.“
(Mario Draghi on the occasion of receiving an honorary degree in Leuven, Belgium)
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