Again, François Hollande has left a strong part of its response to international and European issues. This is intentional because the president wants to show its pro-European commitment. He also launched a formula on this: “I am European, that’s the answer.”
He was responding to a question from a reporter asking if he would rely on Tsipras election to take Europe more left … The head of state s’ then launched into a text explanation: “I’m not a Europe left, it would be small at the moment but I do not want a Europe right I’m in Europe, I move Europe forward…”
This is another element showing that Francois Hollande does not intend to make a political Europe. He sees the European Union as an area where European Nations expressed. That’s why he’s still share with Angela Merkel in Kiev to try to find a political solution to the Ukrainian conflict. He never spoke of taking the High Representative for EU External Affairs Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini. France and Germany can weigh in the world and Europe when these two countries are united, he said again.
Without politicization is the European Nations
We now understand that Francois Hollande does not want a political Europe, speaking by itself. Probably because he would not take the reins while … A political Europe would mean that after the European elections, there is a government elected by the majority elected by the ballot box. Consider that the President of the French Republic “advanced Europe” is considered hollow that the majority of French citizens would have decided the political orientation of the whole of Europe. Bizarre, when we say “European”.
In this confederalist vision (or intergovernmental) of Europe, the balance of power is created within the European Council, where heads of state and government are found. There can be no question of them oppose the fact that according to either left or right. Especially because everyone is legitimized by its own national election. Alexis Tsipras is so anointed the Greek vote, but can not weigh more than Angela Merkel who also won the last elections in his country. However, it should be very attractive for Francois Hollande to be involved in negotiations.
The problem with this vision of Europe is that it is Europe’s smallest Agreement. One where we can not go out without a statement that all participants are fully in agreement with this text.
Drop the politicization of Europe, it was finally tell the citizens: you do not decide the future of Europe since it is the representatives of fruit deciding between them. We can not imagine the France led by a regional presidents council. Moreover, during the press conference, François Hollande did not hesitate to say that we had to “take the France further … left when we left.” This rejection of the politicization of Europe, this is an error preventing citizens to appropriate completely Europe.
Replace the citizen at the heart of the decision in Europe
It is high time that citizens back at the center of European politics. Tomorrow, Europe will be left or right after the elections. Currently the European Council political composition evolves according to national elections … over several years. Political change is far too slow at European level. If Alexis Tsipras may give the impression that it imposes a new interpretative framework at European level, thanks to the election of François Hollande in 2012, the arrival of Matteo Renzi to power in 2014 but … due to a German government made according to a grand coalition. Meanwhile, citizens who elected Francois Hollande on the theme of Europe re-orientation had the impression that their vote was not used much.
All current decisions “Brussels” is taken by the Heads of State and Government as well as by MEPs. To say that these positions are not left or right is a fiction that does not help those in power in the Member States. Meanwhile, citizens do not understand Europe.
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