We are not equipped to face the risks,” Macron said in his speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris, warning that military, economic and other pressures could weaken and fragment the 27-nation E.U.
Emmanuel Macron has warned that the EU is facing a “mortal” threat from economic decline, rising illiberalism, and return of war caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In a speech at the Sorbonne university on Tuesday,
Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to improve its defences and cut red tape as it faces existential threats from Russian aggression and American isolationism. In a nearly two-hour speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris,
Seven years later, on April 25th, Mr Macron returned to the university with an altogether graver message: “Our Europe is mortal; it can die”. The underlying thread in Mr Macron’s long speech was one of Europe’s fragility in a darker world.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faced an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defence strategy less dependent on t
STORY: "Europe today is mortal. It could die." That's what French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday (April 25) in a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He called for stronger, more integrated European defenses as he outlined his vision for an increasingly assertive European Union on the global stage.