It’s Not Enough for France to Be Right About Strategic Autonomy
“I have come to talk to you about Europe. ‘Again,’ some might exclaim.” These were the words with which French President Emmanuel Macron, just a few months after taking office, opened his famous Sorbonne speech in September 2017. He called for a stronger role for Europeans in European defense and strategic autonomy. And that has been his message ever since, often sparking irritation and even open outrage among France’s European partners. The almost theological debate culminated in September 2020 in a confrontation via interviews and op-eds with Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, then defense minister of Germany, who clearly rebuked Macron’s ideas and The post It’s Not Enough for France to Be Right About Strategic Autonomy appeared first on War on the Rocks.
“I have come to talk to you about Europe. ‘Again,’ some might exclaim.” These were the words with which French President Emmanuel Macron, just a few months after taking office, opened his famous Sorbonne speech in September 2017. He called for a stronger role for Europeans in European defense and strategic autonomy. And that has been his message ever since, often sparking irritation and even open outrage among France’s European partners. The almost theological debate culminated in September 2020 in a confrontation via interviews and op-eds with Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, then defense minister of Germany, who clearly rebuked Macron’s ideas and
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