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EUROPE
What is happening?Slide2
The
E.U. has the elements for
being
a global
actor
Largest
economy in the world
Second trading block
Leading donor of development aid
Second military force in the worldSlide3
There are
several
reasons
that explain the progressive marginalisation of the EU as a global
actor
But
there is a basic one
: the EU has failed to manage the new balance of power and
the new interdependencies generated by
globalisation
.Slide4
The new balance of power
in the world is being built without the active participation of the EU. The EU has a serious problem of location in the new design that is gradually being drawn.
The EU has, on one hand, a longitude problem and on the other hand, a latitude problem. Slide5
The world is no longer Eurocentric
The world no longer operates on the 0º Meridian
0
o
0
oSlide6
180
o
180
o
The centre of economic, financial, and new
interdependencies gravity has shifted to the 180º meridianSlide7
THE AGENDA OF THE 21ST CENTURY IS OCCURRING ON THE ASIA-PACIFIC AXIS
.
NEW BALANCE OF POWER IN THE WORLDSlide8
The EU has a longitude problem
180º
is the meridian of the new
balance of power in the world
Slide9
180
o
180
o
THE GREAT PROBLEM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION:
WE ARE NOT THE centre, WE ARE THE PERIPHERYSlide10
MAPA MUNDI AT SCHOOL
0
o
0
oSlide11
180
o
180
o
MAPA MUNDI TODAY
Asia
Á
frica
América del Sur
América del Norte
Oceania
EuropaSlide12
Questions
Can we be a global
actor in
the new world design?
Can we balance the new Asia-Pacific agenda?
Can we be decisive in the economic crisis?
THE MOMENTUM:
KNOWING HOW TO MANAGE NEW INTERDEPENDENCIES Slide13
Advisory Group Report
We have the ideas,
but
not the instruments
We
have the references,
but not the proper policies
We lack
of strong and respectable community institutions We
lack leaders willing to sacrifice their national agenda for the European agenda.Slide14
Some are in favour of recognising the existence of a new de facto global leadership:
the
so-called
G2USA and China are called to play a decisive role in the international arena and their agreements or disagreements will mark the success or failure of the international agenda.
International Debate Slide15
Otherwise, it is necessary to seek for a
multipolar world
This means: more decision making power
centres
which would balance, diversify and distribute the power over different
parts of the world.
It would
be the best option.
International Debate Slide16
There are several reasons:
The
European Union has not been able to be the third pillar of global reference
compared to the USA
and
China.
The new instruments of the
Lisbon Treaty have already shown their limitations.The Economic and Monetary Union has taken too long to be developed.
Lack of a common response to the consequences of the economic crisis.
FRAGILITY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE DESIGN OF THE NEW BALANCE OF POWERSlide17
EUROPEAN UNION - USA RELATIONSSlide18
Obama knows
who
Metternich is Slide19Slide20
The
finesseSlide21
The Euro - Atlantic dialogue met its greatest crisis with President George Bush due to the war in Iraq
Division between:
NEW EUROPE - pro-North America and
OLD EUROPE - anti-North America
The Transatlantic Dialogue revolves around the reformed NATO. Prague Summit.
Rumfield, dixit.” There is a choice between Venus and Mars”
This division is still present in the North American design, only expressed differently.Slide22
It
has become the "finesse" ... to continue with the same vision of the European Union.
Cancellation of the annual summit with the E.U.
Selective invitations and work meetings with European Prime Ministers
In the Nuclear Summit
on
Iran, Obama met with 11 Prime Ministers. He did not receive Van Rompuy despite EURATOMSlide23Slide24
Actually, the first time that Obama received
the
former President
of the European Council, Van Rompuy, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, and High Representative Catherine Ashton was 28 November 2011.
That is, 2 years after the appointment of Van Rompuy as President of the European Council.Slide25
A positive change
The new President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, was received immediately at the White HouseSlide26
EUROPEAN UNION - CHINA RELATIONSSlide27
Confucius discovers
CesarSlide28Slide29
Divide and conquerSlide30
China
is well aware of the lack of consistency of the European Union as a global player
Access to the Chinese market and the purchase of sovereign debt are elements intended to divide the Member States.
Imposing "Asian Values" compared to the European model of human rights.
Bilateralsation of political dialogue between the Member States and Beijing.
Strategic Chinese investments in the rest of the worldSlide31
A serious
neighborhood problemSlide32
Russia
has
changed
:
from
“a
strategic partner” to “a
strategic problem” for Europe Slide33
The EU has a
latitude
problem
The failure of the Arab
spring in the Mediterranean
And the poor of the world in Africa
Slide34
THE MEDITERRANEAN
Immigration
Middle East Conflict
Islamic jihad
Terrorism
Failure statesSlide35
European Union
COMMISSION PRIORITY
A Stronger Global Actor
We need to be more effective in bringing together the tools of Europe's external action.Slide36
Objectives
Responding
faster to military threats, using new EU networks for defence cooperation.
Creating more synergies among Member States in defence procurement.
Setting up a permanent, voluntary EU defence force, which gets its resources from those member countries which choose to join.
Bringing peace and stability to the European neighbourhood.Slide37
European values Slide38
We invented Symphonic MusicSlide39
The printing press
The bookSlide40
Logic, metaphysics, philosophy and theologySlide41
Human rights Slide42
TheatreSlide43
ComedySlide44
TragedySlide45
OperaSlide46
Law
and the Governance in PolisSlide47
Revolutions
?
We
invented all of these:
Slide48
The Industrial Revolution Slide49
The Liberal Revolution
The Wealth of Nations
Adam SmithSlide50
The French Revolution
Liberté, Egalité, FraternitéSlide51
The Proletarian RevolutionSlide52
We Discovered a New World Slide53
The IllustrationSlide54
Humanism Slide55
But Europeans also invented:Slide56
Censorship and intoleranceSlide57
Oppression and feudal regimesSlide58
Illustrated despotism
and unillustratedSlide59
The InquisitionSlide60
The religious wars... Slide61
Colonisation and slavery Slide62
Ethnic cleansing, genocideSlide63
The holocaustSlide64
Fascism Slide65
NazismSlide66
The two cruellest wars in the history of humankind:
World War I
Slide67
World War IISlide68
And dictatorships like
our
most recent one:Slide69
Europa
wasn’t
built and the war
beganSlide70
And Europe cameSlide71
CONCLUSION
Let us never forget where we came from
We
need
to
continue branding Europe