The Indo-Pacific strategy of the European Union in the face of the Aukus trilateral pact

Josep Borrell (our photo): the creation of the Aukus “only underlines that the region (Indo-Pacific, editor's note) is very important for our security, for our economic capacities”.

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As a coincidence, it was barely a few hours after the announcement of the Aukus alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that the European Union presented in Brussels its strategy to position itself and strengthen links with countries bordering the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

The EU's Indo-Pacific strategy is the latest manifestation of Ursula von der Leyen's desire to include a geopolitical Europe among the priorities of his presidency of the European Commission and the concomitance of dates demonstrates over and over again. the role of magnet that these regions now play in the global balance.

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With our correspondent in Brussels,

Pierre Benazet

The Indo-Pacific region represents 12,000 billion euros in annual investments for Europeans, ie double that of the United States, and is the second largest export market for the European Union.

In short, it is the future according to Charles Michel, the President of the European Council.

What “ 

European strategic autonomy

 ”?

The world center of gravity is therefore moving towards this region, according to Josep Borrell, the head of European diplomacy, and for him, the alliance unveiled by the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom comes at the right time for demonstrate the need for an autonomous European strategy in the Indo-Pacific region: “ 

This alliance only underlines that the region is very important for our security, for our economic capacities.

This forces us to reflect on the need to raise the issue of European strategic autonomy

 ”

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Agreements and partnerships

The European strategy is based on a wide range of initiatives which include in particular free trade agreements with Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia, as well as partnership agreements with Malaysia and Thailand.

There will also be partnerships for the management of the oceans, for digital technology or climate change, for research or for example for health, so as to allow Europeans to establish themselves permanently in the Indo-Pacific region.

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To read also: The case of the Australian submarines revealing the American strategy in the Pacific

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