The head of the PS-Place publique list also promised on Wednesday “a new contract” linking the French and European arms industries to the EU.
Published on 04/25/2024 07:58
Update on 04/25/2024 08:25
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The head of the list of the Socialist Party and Place publique in the European elections, Raphaël Glucksmann, proposed “a security revolution”, during a meeting in Strasbourg on Wednesday April 25. This project would notably involve “a defense fund of 100 billion euros, financed by a new European loan”.
“What Europe did in the face of the pandemic, it must be able to do in the face of war”argued the MEP, who defined himself as “a fighting European” And “a realist”. He also committed “to block the European budget if member states continue to play with European security.”
Raphaël Glucksmann also promised “a new contract” linking the French and European arms industries to the EU. “Benefiting from incredible European funds, they will have to accept European control over exports”And “prioritization – that is to say the ability of politics to set the course – will become the rule”assured the European candidate.
“Our priority is basic: giving Europe the means to defend itself”did he declare. “What would happen if Donald Trump was elected president of the United States on November 5, 2024? Europe would find itself alone. Alone in the face of war, alone in the face of Putin,” added the 44-year-old essayist, a fervent defender of broad support for Ukraine.
“Yes, we are Putin’s targets. I have been saying it and repeating it tirelessly for twenty years”, he insisted, criticizing Emmanuel Macron in passing. In August 2019, the President of the Republic called for a rapprochement between the European Union and Russia, calling for a return to “trust” in an international order “recomposition”. For Raphaël Glucksmann, “this strategic bankruptcy killed the Sorbonne’s discourse” that Emmanuel Macron held in 2017, and which he admitted to having appreciated at the time.
