Mario Draghi: “L’Europa non ha più alcun peso nel nuovo equilibrio geopolitico”.
https://www.corriere.it/politica/25_agosto_22/discorso-mario-draghi-meeting-rimini-2025-7cc4ad01-43e3-46ea-b486-9ac1be2b9xlk.shtml
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Mario Draghi: “L’Europa non ha più alcun peso nel nuovo equilibrio geopolitico”.
https://www.corriere.it/politica/25_agosto_22/discorso-mario-draghi-meeting-rimini-2025-7cc4ad01-43e3-46ea-b486-9ac1be2b9xlk.shtml
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Geopolitical power comes from economic power.
Well, that’s just ridiculous.
Europe doesn’t want to make any effort for this, first of all.
We never had though, EU was and still is designed as an economic block. That is where we excel, now the EU needs to transform itself into a geopolitical force, this isn’t done overnight
Mission complete… That’s a nice way to call us broke ass bitches
Draghi is right. We are back to the times when brute force and military might defined geopolitics. And we didn’t want it to be true for the last 20 years.
Less weight than it used to, perhaps but Trump is probably not there forever.
There will probably be mid-term elections next year which could well see the Democrats take control of Congress which would significantly limit Trump.
Although, Trump’s actions have shown that Europe has been too reliant on the US for too long and needs to reduce that reliance.
Not a big surprise – without a strong army and balls to use it or the economical power ….
Mario Draghi is bitter because he was fired from Goldman Sachs, and now that he’s in Europe, he can’t engineer another financial crisis.
Also i like how he dunk on himself, being [President of the European Central Bank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Central_Bank) for 8 years (till 2019)
Havent had since the Suez crisis.
He is not exactly in position to make such statements… definitely not in position to make any statements people should be listening to. He is definition of **has been**
Then stop complaining, start DOING something about it!
This should be the thought process. To be a geopolitical power means to get aligned on a goal and pursue those interests in a peaceful civilized matter unless its about dealing with dictators and warmongers to prevent war and escalation.
It sounds easy and is hard to do but still just start to develop an idea would be good
We paid him tons of money for a shitty report winning about things and now this..0 innovative ideas, 0 solutions, only stating the obvious
Wish Draghi was 20 years younger…
Ah with fatalistic Draghi there’s no need for Europe to have enemies. The contrary is true: Europe is stronger than ever, and also less bragging and exaggerated
It makes Russia’s ambition to regain or maintain its political position even more ridiculous.
Russia’s GDP is the size of Spain.
Yeah, right. That’s precisely the reason everyone and their mother are trying their best to disrupt or destroy the EU.
I’m so tired of this nonsense.
Europe is more interested now in violating the private correspondence of its citizens and importing trucks from Trump’s friends then anything else. Ursula especially is more interesting in protecting her brothers betting businesses in Eastern European countries then doing real work.
The idea that Europe has no weight is simply wrong. The EU still represents about 15% of global GDP, an enormous share given its relatively small population and territory.
Overstated narratives about the EU being ‘weak’ or ‘irrelevant’ often serve the interests of powers like Russia, China, or even the U.S., which benefit from a divided or self-doubting Europe.
While military power has become more visible due to the war in Ukraine, defining a bloc’s global relevance only by its military is misleading. The EU’s economic, regulatory, and diplomatic influence continues to shape global affairs in ways that cannot be ignored.
This is the consequence of rejecting federalisation, filling Brussels and Strasbourg with second rate politicians and caring more about fishing rights and whose face is on currency than substantial 21st century concerns. A continuation of this idiocy will just make Europe smaller and smaller especially with a declining population.
Yes Europe has been largely successful economically (although it is now massively being left behind by the US GDP), but it has been more akin to a plump cow to be milked than the tiger it thinks it is.
But … But … The EU said that things like the AI Act are gonna make us the world leader in tech!!!!
Oh no … It does not work introducing bureaucracy to empower our economy? *Shocking*
EU is being run by incompetent cowards. No matter what else changes, if that stays the same, nothing will change.