Draghi alla riunione di Rimini: “L’Europa deve riscoprire il suo ruolo di leader globale”
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Draghi alla riunione di Rimini: “L’Europa deve riscoprire il suo ruolo di leader globale”
https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/Draghi-at-the-Rimini-meeting%3A-Europe-rediscovers-its-role-as-a-protagonist-on-the-global-stage./
di Massimo25ore
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In his speech, the former governor of the European Central Bank highlighted how the growing scepticism towards the EU does not concern its founding values so much as its ability to defend them effectively.
A lucid analysis and a heartfelt plea for a Europe that must rediscover its role as a global player, abandoning the idea that economic power alone can guarantee geopolitical influence. From the stage of the Rimini Meeting, at the panel entitled “What Horizon for Europe?”, the former Prime Minister Mario Draghi
He outlined the radical challenges of a profoundly changed world, pointing the way for a necessary transformation of the Union. Draghi’s speech opened with a peremptory statement: “For years, the European Union believed that the economic dimension brought with it geopolitical power and influence in international trade relations. This year will be remembered as the year in which this illusion evaporated.”
This thesis is supported by concrete examples: from the tariffs imposed by the United States, a historic ally, to its marginal role in peace negotiations in Ukraine, to its position as a “spectator” during the bombing of Iranian nuclear sites and the escalation of the “Gaza massacre.” Events that have demolished any remaining illusions.
There’s quite a lot of lower bars to pass before we can be concerned about being a global leader.
Aim for the stars and all that, but perhaps start with being a leader in your own borders before looking for global things.
Draghi should be the President of the EU Commission
Any chance we can do a mid-term switcheroo between Draghi and VdL?
Draghi proceeds to understand that EU failed, then as a solution he proposes to make EU even stronger (against members) insthead of disbanding it…
Pathetic.
Dont forget this is the guy that in 2011-2012 worked along Mario Monti’s unelected tecnocratic government to lower italian internal market and salaries in order to increase exports in EU.
And no, this is not speculation, he literally confirmed that https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ga5b7c909II and then said the only problem in his plan was that he was going in competition with other EU countries insthead of doing it along EU against the rest of the world.
Pathetic again.
cant rediscover something you never had…
They will talk about doing so for decades but they won’t actually do it.
and who will lead?
France?
Germany?
will other countries of EU follow without a question?
While there are indeed common goals EU is not a one single entity. Such responsibility will cause cracks within surely.
Europe doesn’t need to rediscover its role, it needs unity. Hard to lead the world when you can’t even agree home.
I think the world is better off without europe in a leading role, europe had it’s time dictating world affirs for hundreds of years and the world only got worse because of it, give someone else the reigns
Europe was never a global leader. There was a time when some of the individual countries of Europe were global leaders. I wouldn’t want anyone to be tempted to “make Europe great again” it never was. It’s designed to be a club that can stay together despite containing some forceful former greats. It’s designed to stop former greats from going to war with each other. Not to be great itself.
No thanks. The last time Europe was in any kind of position resembling “global leader” it brought unimaginable disaster to the rest of the world and unpresented extracting of wealth into the hands of the few with a neat little thing called colonialization. Backward uncultured raider-style civilizations that can only enrich via plundering should not be entrusted with any kind of power.
Europe won’t be a ‘leader’ when it folds the moment Trump turns up. Hard power IS power and Europe has none. Europe will do what it’s told militarily, economically and socially until it can defend itself.
My bros, you have fallen in love with redtape and stopped producing excellence. Please go back into producing excellence. America produces volume with a strong dose of excellence, you guys used to produce unmatched excellence.
Sincerely a former European and now American.
I dont think Europeans really want that. Being a global leader comes with a cost and I dont see europe wanting to project force or to actually have a competitive economy with all its draw backs
Europeans are great at patting themselves on the back while doing absolutely nothing. It’s not really their fault on the doing nothing front. They aren’t in a position to do anything. The focus should not be on leading but on somehow regaining relevance so they’re on a position to be able to lead
What happend to the Draghi rapport?
as a outsider looking in Europe has great potential to be a stabilizing force for the world but it lacks a coherent vision right now. europe especially has a lot to offer the world culturally and socially and help the world transform positively and help design society in a tech dominated future.
but this requires its leaders to first understand their own place in the world and then create a proper vision for the future. but unfortunately right now it is more like a pension state losing its ability to invest and getting in-debt to american business and state policy.
best thing you can do is massively invest in military to spur capacity building while becoming sovereign from the influence of other countries. obviously this also involves signing a new military understanding to not attack each other and be non-expansionist as usually this is a possibility that comes with increased military buildup.
once it is secure europe can then collaborate more freely with the rest of the world in its own area of expertise without fear of coercion. essential because by that point it is very unlikely EU can ever regain it economic influence in the world as the rise of asia as a hegemon in this respect is inevitable and america seems to become a isolationist island but with a threatening forward looking military. this will be state of the world in the couple of decades so it is essential that EU gets a seat at the table as a pole in a multi-polar world.
from there each region can collaborate and bring their own strengths to the table. the current trajectory of europe and USA is untenable. while the rest of the world is moving forward and designing policy based on the future, europe and USA seem to cling on to old ways and somehow hoping everything will go back to what it was.
If it’s “to be discovered” then it’ll never be found. We have to stop with the concerned “we must do something” rhetoric and just help those that want to be on the case. If you find someone that works towards security with quantifiable achievements and results, give them a shout out, urge people to *help them help you.* We have plenty of innovators and talented individuals/organizations that could make changes, but are suffocated by too much taxes and red tapes.
Pay attention to Draghi’s message. Skeptics are attacking him to divert people away from his signals.
Skeptics are angry at Trump, but they seem to only want him to raise tariffs. How are they any different from the far right?
Damn it, are they influenced by Russian propaganda?
A fragmented EU can’t project any kind of power.
EU can start with steps like regaining digital sovereignty (EU cloud, internet platform, e-commerce), EU weapon platform independent of non-EU supply chain, EU energy independence by transitioning away from imported oil and gas, etc.
Never going to happen.
With such a weak response to direct attacks coming from “russki mir” – good luck.
Normal people / countries don’t want to project power and force their values on others. There is no such urge… we can wish, motivate and guide, not push. We want normal (trade) relationships and expect countries to behave as normal, healthy people would… we do not want to control and contain psychopaths more than defending ourselves.
We might be forced to do it to some extent, but we do not WANT to.