Towards European sovereignty?

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By: Daniel Desesquelle

For a long time, and even today for nationalists, sovereignty could only be national. But, only France weighs 1% of the world population and 3% of world GDP, thanks to the European Union, it can speak on behalf of 7% of the population and 23% of world GDP.

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Whether in terms of climate, trade, health standards, or even monetary (with the euro), European sovereignty is already a daily reality.

But, for Emmanuel Macron, we must go further. The sovereignty of France in defense matters, as in the industrial and digital domain passes by a European sovereignty.

Program recorded within the framework of the European Interviews of Enghien with IRIS.

With:
- Jean-Pierre Maulny , deputy director of IRIS (Institute of International and Strategic Relations).
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- Hélène Conway-Mouret , Vice-President of the Senate, Socialist senator representing French people living outside France, former minister.
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- Nils Schmid , MP, spokesperson for foreign policy questions of the parliamentary group of the SPD of the Deutscher Bundestag.
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- Tara Varma , Deputy Director of the Paris Office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
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With Joël Le Pavous of Courrier International.

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