President Macron’s Call for a «Sovereign Europe »

In the light of the EU’s existential crisis, President Macron, a truly committed European, has proposed his vision for a “sovereign Europe”. The bottom line is that the Union is not, or rather is insufficiently equipped with sovereign powers. Yet it is these very sovereign powers which are needed in order to effectively respond to the considerable threats hanging over the EU and the Eurozone. Particularly with regard to currency, foreign, defence and security policy, as well as migration. In our democracies all of these areas are subject to a political authority and parliamentary control. Especially the army and security forces. As the reform of the 27-member Union will be a more or less lengthy process, one could envisage taking immediate action by using “enhanced cooperation” in order to create a federative political core capable of giving a new impetus to all 27 Members States.