newsitems EU Chair Polish Prime Minister Tusk for EU Parliament Debates on Political Integration in EU Future
EU Chair Polish Prime Minister Tusk for EU Parliament Debates on Political Integration in EU Future
Speaking to the Press in Strasbourg in presence of "EuroFora", after his Speech and Press Conference at EU Parliament, EU chairman, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, made clear the need to Debate on EU's Future, stressing that Structural Changes able to realize an enhanced EU Integration are necessary, but new Ideas should be born in a Political process open to all, (f.ex. with an active participation of EU Parliament, if necessary transformed in a Constituant), and not only by a few Technocrats a.o. :
- "We (EU) are at Crossroads", stressed from the outset, concluding on the experience of 6 Months as EU Chair (July - December 2011), the leader of the most important EU Country which traditionally used to stand between the €uroGroup and the UK.
- Because, "Today, EU Partners have to make a Choice : Either for increased integration, or the EU will fall apart and dissolve", he warned.
- Indeed,"EU is facing pressure, both from outside and from inside, because not everybody accepts EU as a Community", the Polish leader found, Months afteer a voluntarist EU optimism shown just a few Months ago, at his incoming speech at EU Parliament in Strasbourg, on July 6.
- Therefore, "EU needs Ideas and Visions".
- Because, "after the (Global) Crisis (EU) is going to be Differend from what it was before", since "we've got to make Structural Changes in order to ensure that we'll be Together in the Future", as he said.
- But, "the Leadership must be Political, because Technocrats will Never govern well enough", Tusk warned. -" In the Short term, in times of Crisis, they might, perhaps, bring some results. But, in the Long run, Technocrats cannot govern well. Because in the Long run, the Political Community must be activated, the Europeans (People) must be consulted, there will be confrontations and Global Competition with very demanding partners, such as the USA, China, Brazil, India, etc., So that only a Strong Political Leadership could give a real opportunity, a chance for a proper outcome", he found.
- In fact, "the problem in Europe today is that nobody really respects all the Rules. A way has to be found, a Mechanism to make respect the Rules. And it has better to be acceptable by the Public, without forcing others to implement it". Since "in fact, it's not only about what happened in Greece alone, etc. Because Big Countries have also a Co-Responsibility", (f.ex. concerning the former "Socialist" network which had brokered the Politico-Financial Deal of 1999-2001, bringing an unprepared Greece earlier than normal in the €urozone, in exchange of Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU "Candidate" status : See "EuroFora"s Analysis on that matter).
=>"Therefore, such a " New Order" would have to have a Democratic Mandate. That's why it's better to be born f.ex. in EU Parliament, eventually as a Constituent, because it has also to be accepted in order to be implemented", Tusk pointed out.
+ Moreover, "there has to be a kind of Vision" for EU's Future, as also "in the Past we had some visions, ...about transferts of sovereignity, etc."
- Because, "as I said to EU Parliament, today, the most important thing is to Save Europe as a Continent with Integration. The alternative is Desintegration. It might break up", Tusk warn. In fact, "even if EU doesn't yet dissolve before our eyes, neverthelesse, we already see the cracks in the Monolith", he denounced.
- "When I hear f.ex. some are satisfied to see that the UK is floating away... They'd better start ringing an Alarm !", he found.
=> "So that we have to Motivate all those who believe in a Common Europe", the Polish political leader urged.
>>> - "But, ...Ideas have to be born in a Debate", Prime Minister Tusk stressed, in a statement of obvious interest to "EuroFora". "And the Best place for Debate is the EU Parliament".
- "In fact, until today, this Debate (on EU's Future) is just Beginning" :
- "It is about whether we'll have more or less Europe. What will be the Domain (of action) for the main EU Authorities ? How wil they be Elected ? What mechanisms will be built ?" (etc)...
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+ Meanwhile, as he just said to EU Parliament's Plenary, - "at the latest EU Council it was clear that some search tools not only to save the €uro, but also to ReinForce our Community. But others search to weaken or even to destroy at the end the Community".
- In fact, already, "we feel that a debate is been going on, not only about the €uro, but also about the Future of the European Community".
- Moreover, "during the last 6 Monhs, I witnessed this Huge Competition", the outgoing EU Chairman observed. But, "the Lead cannot be that of only a Few Countries, Nor of Technocrats, because they lack of Democratic Legitimacy".
=> Therefore, Donald Tusk, concluded by launching an Appeal to EU Leaders : - "We must work for the Political Integration of Europe !", he urged.
(NDLR : "DraftNews", as already sent earlier to "EuroFora"s Subscribers/Donors. A mre accurate, complete Final Version is due to be published asap).
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Sarkozy and Merkel want deals with Obama on European Security at Strasbourg's NATO 2009 Summit
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In parallel but concording moves, EU Chair, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angie Merkel both invited this week US-President elect, Barack Obama, to discuss important deals breaking new ground on European Security during the NATO's 60 Years Anniversary Summit of Heads of State in Strasbourg, where Obama is expected to make his 1st visit to Europe as a President on April 2009.
Merkel focused mainly on smoother NATO - EU Defence and Security policy cooperation, while Sarkozy spoke about PanEuropean Security, associating both Russia and the USA, proposing to freeze missile and shields' deployement until an agreement is reached.
But both tackled some hard nuts to crack : Turkey's VETO against the participation of EU Member Cyprus to EU-NATO cooperation, and Russia's anouncement on deployment of missiles up to Kaliningrad, at EU's belly, in reply to USA's wish to set up missile shields in EU States such as Poland or Czech Republic, etc.
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- "Certainly...one of the points that we'll dicuss with the New US President", Barak OBAMA, "who will come f'or the 1st time in Europe as president, at the NATO Summit", co-hosted by France and Germany in Strasbourg, ""concerns, above all, the European Security and Defence Policy" (ESDP), and "the relations between NATO and its partners", with whom it should "work together", anounced earlier this week Merkel.
We must find "a reasonable and adequate concept to articulate NATO and European Security and Defense policy", because of a "series of practical issues, sometimes difficult to understand", but that "we must discuss".
- "An example" of that is "the issue of Cyprus and Turkey", said Merkel, where Ankara raises problems "from Kosovo up to Afghanistan", as also CoE's chair, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt recently observed in Strasbourg replying to EuroFora's questions.
- "We must do something to smoothen this problem for good, and not only on a case-by-case basis, laboriously negotiated each time". Here, we must find "a reasonable and adequate concept to articulate NATO and European Security and Defense policy", Merkel stressed.
- "With good will from all sides, it could and should be posible. Germany wants also to help on that". Otherwise, "the coming generations will not understand why it took Decades to do so". But, if we "don't even achieve that for Decades, this would be an Historic Failure !", the German Chancellor warned
- "I think that our American partners are increasingly realizing that", Merkel said, pleading for "a stronger European Security and Defence policy, with which, I believe, the Atlantic Security Partnership can also strengthen and solidify".
Meanwhile, USA is also due to take in 2009 a special status inside EU-led EUROCORPS, the European Army HeadQuarters, based in Strasbourg.
Merkel said that after meeting in Berlin with NATO's Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, earlier this week, precisely in order to "prepare NATO's Summit", scheduled for the beginning of April 2009 in Strasbourg.
Scheffe, knows well Strasbourg, since he chaired the CoE, as Holland's Foreign Minister, when he brokered a controversial deal precisely on Turkey and Cyprus about the implementation of ECHR judgements on Greek Cypriot displaced persons' houses and properties in 2003. He returned later at least once, for a WEO meeting at the CoE, where he precisely had highlighted such EU - NATO issues.
EU Commission's 2008 Report on Turkey has just observed that, on European Defense - Security policy, "Turkey continues to object to EU-NATO Cooperation which would involve all EU Member States". "This created Problems for EU-NATO co-operation in the context of Civilian ESDP missions, in particular in Kosovo and Afghanistan".
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French EU Chair, President Sarkozy and Merkel are visiting Washington on Friday and Saturday for a Global G-20 Summit with current US President George Bush, on the sidelines of which are expected preparatory contacts with US President-elect Obama's entourage, even if himself might stay in Chicago until he takes over on January 21.
Before going to Washington, Sarkozy concluded today an UE - Russia Summit with Dmitry Medvedev, where they "spoke in length on PanEuropean Security" :
- As EU President, I proposed that we meet on mid-2009 in a framework such as OSCE's in order to set the foundations of a Future Pan-European Security, which would associate Russia and USA, and that, meanwhile, nobody speaks about deploying missiles or shields, which complicate the situation".
- NATO's Summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, on April 2009 is a perfect occasion to discuss with our American friends and to prepare a possible OSCE Summit for these issues f.ex. for June or July", Sarkozy concluded.
- We must all abstain from Unilateral measures" dangerous for Europe's security. "Russia only reacted to decisions taken by some other countries. But if they are ready to cooperate, we are ready to discuss. EU could be an intermediary", added Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, before going himself too at the Washington G-20 Economic Summit.