#72 European Union: The Strasbourg Oath (II)

#72 European Union: The Strasbourg Oath (II) Key Points: - a framework called “European political community”. Emmanuel Macron calls it the "Strasbourg oath" - In that speech, Macron talked about: 1) reforming European treaties, 2) the qualified majority voting. - French perspective, it’s an old topic. - With the current vote at a unanimity, with 27 Members, clearly the European Union is stuck. - Modification of the treaties and qualified majority seem to be the most obvious path now that the European Union has reached a number of 27 members. - This is why Macron is now opening the door to that “new political community”. - Macron goes back to an idea that had first emerged when the Soviet Union had collapsed and that had been expressed by then President Mitterrand. - While the monetary union did go ahead and moved forward successfully, nothing of substance really happened on the political front.