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Nicolas Baverez: "There is no Europe without values"

2021-10-24T19:19:15.105Z


CHRONICLE - The danger to the Union posed by the illiberal democracy invented by Viktor Orban for Hungary and adopted by Poland has long been underestimated.


The European Union is living at a critical juncture.

After a time of astonishment and confusion, the Covid epidemic has allowed it to demonstrate its usefulness for the nations that compose it as well as for their citizens.

The pooled management of vaccines has made it possible to treat three quarters of the population, while the Next Generation EU recovery plan and the expansionary monetary strategy of the European Central Bank triggered a dynamic recovery of activity of 5% in 2021 and contained unemployment to 6.9% of the working population.

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At the same time, awareness has arisen and initiatives are multiplying to revive investment in industry and research, accelerate the ecological transition, reduce dependence on the United States for technology and on China for goods. consumer goods, strengthen the security of the continent.

But the birth of a Europe that is more political and better equipped to face the challenges of the 21st century threatens to be shattered.

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Source: lefigaro

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