THE QUESTION.
In his speech to European parliamentarians, in which he outlined the main lines of the French presidency of the European Union which began on January 1, the Head of State Emmanuel Macron praised his record in terms of Europe of defense. “
Considerable advances, unprecedented in our history, have taken place in recent years. During this semester, we will have to record several considerable advances with the adoption of the Strategic Compass launched under the German presidency, with the definition of our own security doctrine, in complementarity with NATO, with also a real strategy in terms of of industry, defense and technological independence without which this Europe of defense has no meaning or reality
“, he declared to the platform.
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After him, MEP (LR) Arnaud Danjean, a specialist in defense issues, sounded another story by warning against "
slogans
" and highlighting, for example, the "
setbacks
" of Europe for more ten years: “
We are no longer capable of carrying out robust operations
”, he notably launched.
In terms of European defence, has progress really been made since the start of Emmanuel Macron's five-year term?
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