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President @EmmanuelMacron opens speech launching #FutureOfEurope by making the case for Strasbourg as a heart of the European project.
The European Parliament where he’s speaking has been empty for 6 months as MEPs refused to make the monthly trip from Brussels because of COVID.
The European Parliament where he’s speaking has been empty for 6 months as MEPs refused to make the monthly trip from Brussels because of COVID.
#Macron says Europeans should be proud of what the EU has accomplished. He says now is the time for citizens to have their say about how the EU can improve.
The nagging question: if #TreatyChange has been ruled out, will this conference actually result in any changes?
The nagging question: if #TreatyChange has been ruled out, will this conference actually result in any changes?
Macron says that the populists and nationalists who oppose the values of the European Union have proven unable to effectively respond to the #Covid19 pandemic.
He says Europe was right to respond to the crisis with a unified strategy.
He says Europe was right to respond to the crisis with a unified strategy.
Interesting read about #EmmanuelMacron's vision for Europe and concept of European power, by @RymMomtaz via @POLITICOEurope.
A few comments in this thread👇 #IamEuropean 🇪🇺
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A few comments in this thread👇 #IamEuropean 🇪🇺
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"The idea was to create a strategy of influence, which means we can [...] write papers with other countries." Then why don't you? Why the total opposition to #Spitzenkandidat and not reform it? Why the solo position on #NorthMacedonia? Or the solo tribune before #EUelections?
"[Macron] established the @RenewEurope group in the European Parliament; positioned close allies at the helm of the ECB and European Council." But where is #France in the Directorate-Generals? Or as "DirCab"? Where is all the middle management that Germany has groomed patiently?
" 'No treaty changes' was supported by almost everyone, except France and Germany" at EU ambassadors' meeting.
Because of course Member States oppose #treatychange which would undoubtedly shift power to #EUParliament. Such short-sightedness! #IamEuropean
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Because of course Member States oppose #treatychange which would undoubtedly shift power to #EUParliament. Such short-sightedness! #IamEuropean
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EU ambassadors also expressed the fear that "the whole process [would] be hijacked by the European Parliament". Yes, god forbid that the people's representatives (recently elected during our only #European election) lead a process on European affairs! #IamEuropean
"Some argued that it would only make sense for the #EUCouncil to have a leading role". This is why we need #treatychange: because the Council, crippled by unanimity, still tries to lead everywhere. A #europeandemocracy needs a #EuropeanConstitution and the Parliament at its core.
For #GeorgeWashington, Great Britain waged a tariff war against the US, believing US States "never could unite in opposition to it". Until proven otherwise, the US would remain "in a ridiculous point of view in the eyes of the nations of the earth". Sounds familiar? #EUisthenewUS
In 1783, #Hamilton noted that "the road to popularity in each state is to inspire jealousy of the power of Congress, though nothing can be more apparent that [Congress has] no power." Sounds familiar? #EuroBashing #EuropeanParliament #EUisthenewUS
In 1787, Charles Pinckney of #SouthCarolina had concluded that the "depressed situation of the union is undoubtedly owing" to this "absurd" requirement of unanimous consent for amendments. Sounds familiar? #EUreform #TreatyChange #EUisthenewUS
