Macron’s Proposal Of Creating European Political Community And The NATO's Guardian Angel Wings

Teoman Tulun ()

No 8z7qs, OSF Preprints from Center for Open Science

Abstract: In his speech at the closing ceremony of the Conference on the Future of Europe in the EU's European Parliament, on the occasion of 9 May 2022 Europe Day, French President Emmanuel Macron made a proposal to redraw the political map of the European Continent. He talked about the creation of a new "European Political Community" (EPC) that would include both EU members and non-member states. At this point, it is necessary to wait for the following questions to be answered clearly in order to understand whether this proposal is a sheer deception or not: While there exist organizations in Europe such as the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the pan-continental Council of Europe which cover all these countries, why is it necessary to strive for a structure whose purpose is unclear? Apart from trying to bring Mr. Macron and France to the fore, what is the added value of the proposal to create such a structure for European security and stability? Emmanuel Macron in his last speech asserted that his proposal of EPC will create a "new space for political and security cooperation." As it will be remembered, Emmanuel Macron in November 2019 arrogantly claimed that NATO was brain dead, and Europe was on the edge of the precipice. This prediction of Macron did not come true. The developments revealed the exact opposite of his claim. EU member states Sweden and Finland, which have been sceptical of NATO for a long time, are now preparing for NATO membership, with Türkiye's conditional approval of their membership process. It is possible to say that Macron, by proposing a hypothetical "European Political Community" continued the habit of French governments to propose grandiose, seemingly abstract ideas for Europe at an improper time when the ongoing war in Ukraine has radically shaken security and stability in Europe. The time we are in is not the time to chase after imaginary projects, but to face the realities. One of those realities not only for Macron's France but all EU members is the need for the acknowledgement of Türkiye as a strategic component of Europe.

Date: 2022-07-18
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