Media mentions – European Sovereignty
A victory for Trump would be the push that Europeans need to stop talking about sovereignty and start building it
Susi Dennison and Janka Oertel comment on the what the US election could mean for Europe’s foreign policy
The tariffs won’t go away. The data-transfer coercion won’t go away. On sanctions, it’s not even clear 100% [whether Biden will lift them].
The EU also needs to introduce geopolitical considerations into its competition policy instruments, establish Union-wide foreign investment screening, and expand regulation of state aid beyond EU companies
Many were disappointed by the EU’s initial reaction. But at the same time, the crisis created the conviction that a more powerful Union is the only chance for Europe to play a decisive role on the global stage in the future.
The EU cannot continue to rely on its regulatory power but must become a tech superpower in its own right. Referees do not win the game.
Germany in particular benefits from the fact that Europe, in contrast to much of the rest of the world, does not rely on protectionism but on free and fair trade
If the principle of the rule of law is called into question, I believe that the whole European project faces a real challenge, if not a collapse
Covid-19 has taught them how alone Europeans are in the world. Faced with an existential threat, large majorities across the continent realised that no one was there to help them – not the EU, international institutions, or Europe’s allies.