This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction.

I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government.

This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction.

We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under a social model.

Without sounding too grandiose, the survival of the planet itself is at stake, you have rising sea levels, acidification of the oceans, immigration sparked by climate change, droughts that are much more severe.

The EU should help the emergence of "organized multipolarity" in the currently non-polar world.

If the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).