Raphaël Glucksmann presents his doctrine for “building the Europe of 2030”
In a column published Thursday on the website of the Great Continentthe head of the list of the Socialist Party and Place publique details his proposals in order to “building the Europe of 2030”. Like Emmanuel Macron who estimated that “Europe is mortal” during his second speech at the Sorbonne, Raphaël Glucksmann dramatizes in his text the issues of the upcoming election.
“There are moments in History when the destiny of peoples changes, moments which elevate civilizations or precipitate them into the abyss. We are experiencing one of these decisive moments in Europe in 2024”he affirms, evoking “the war on our continent”, “climate collapse”, “the social crisis”, “the rejection of institutions” or “the far-right wave that is sweeping our nations”.
Positioning yourself as a “realistic”and not a “utopian” or one “idealist”Raphaël Glucksmann wishes in his program “assume confrontation with authoritarian regimes which treat our nations like mops, get away from fossil fuels which enslave us, break with the religion of free trade which weakens us and fight against the explosion of inequalities which weaken our democracies”. “This is what is realistic in 2024”he argues in this long programmatic text.
Among his more than 300 proposals, the MEP, elected for the first time in 2019, believes that his “first priority” is of “give Europe the means to defend itself”. “What would happen if Donald Trump were elected President of the United States on November 5, 2024? Europe would find itself alone”, he envisions. In particular, he wants the establishment of a “defense fund of one hundred billion euros, financed by a new European loan”like what was done during the Covid-19 health crisis.
He also advocates a strengthening of “European sovereignty” in industrial, agricultural, digital and health sectors. “We will implement a “Made in Europe” strategy aimed at repatriating the most strategic production to our soil and securing critical supply chains”, he promises in particular. On the ecological transition, he also wishes to advocate ” sobriety “ that he sees as “an essential instrument of sovereignty for Europe” And “an instrument of social justice because it supposes once again setting some limits to the exuberance of the powerful”.
As for the operating rules of the European Union, Raphaël Glucksmann reaffirms his wish to put an end to unanimity in decisions taken by the United States while passing “by qualified majority within the Council”. He also wishes “strengthen the prerogatives of the European Parliament by giving it legislative initiative and the right to raise taxes”.
