📖 New publication 📖
It's been almost 100 days since Russia invaded 🇺🇦. In this new paper, @IlkeToygur & I look back at the EU's "modus operandi". We advocate for a more ambitious EU, rather than one that will put unity above everything else./1
epc.eu/en/Publication…
It's been almost 100 days since Russia invaded 🇺🇦. In this new paper, @IlkeToygur & I look back at the EU's "modus operandi". We advocate for a more ambitious EU, rather than one that will put unity above everything else./1
epc.eu/en/Publication…
The last #EUCO summit was a wonderful example of how in the EU unity prevails over ambition. After weeks of blockage, we finally have an oil embargo, but only for 75% of Russian oil, and with a temporary exemption for pipeline oil./2
https://twitter.com/eucopresident/status/1531391899218608133
We start on a positive note: Both the COVID-19 pandemic & the Russian invasion revealed that the EU institutions & leaders are capable of managing crises swiftly and decisively. The EU could use this moment of change to increase its ambition & move European integration forward./3
What is needed now is not black and white thinking, but rather an explorative mood: EU leaders should look at all the options on the table to become more ambitious. Whether it is Treaty changes or differentiated integration./4
Moving forward, the EU will have to consider the shifting positions and alliances of EU members:
➡️A growing rift between 🇵🇱 &🇭🇺 (👀#RoL);
➡️ A more important role for CEE countries;
➡️ The raised profile of Nordic & Baltic countries./5
➡️A growing rift between 🇵🇱 &🇭🇺 (👀#RoL);
➡️ A more important role for CEE countries;
➡️ The raised profile of Nordic & Baltic countries./5
We outlined 5 areas for progress in the coming months:
1⃣ economic governance - e.g. a new recovery package & a reform of the fiscal rules;
2⃣security and defense - with improved EU–NATO cooperation & a stronger ‘European pillar’./6
1⃣ economic governance - e.g. a new recovery package & a reform of the fiscal rules;
2⃣security and defense - with improved EU–NATO cooperation & a stronger ‘European pillar’./6
3⃣energy policy - reducing our dependence on Russian fossil fuels, ensuring low energy prices & climate targets;
4⃣enlargement & neighbourhood policy - rethinking its aims & creating options for countries that are unlikely to become EU members in the near future./7
4⃣enlargement & neighbourhood policy - rethinking its aims & creating options for countries that are unlikely to become EU members in the near future./7
5⃣rule of law, to safeguard the Union's values 'at home' rather than sacrifice them for the sake of unity.
💡Above all, the EU should avoid returning to the "status quo ante" - we live in a new era, which in turn requires more ambitious politics from European leaders./8
💡Above all, the EU should avoid returning to the "status quo ante" - we live in a new era, which in turn requires more ambitious politics from European leaders./8
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