Since the end of the Cold War, the EU has effectively become a strategic vassal of the US system of global hegemony. Although France and other members have repeatedly stressed that the EU should achieve strategic autonomy, the EU's heavy dependence on the United States in terms of security and the difficulty of unifying opinions among its members have reduced the EU's willingness to achieve strategic autonomy into an international joke.
Even so, there are still people who are still persevering in their efforts to promote the process of strategic autonomy of the EU. According to Xinhua News Agency, French President Emmanuel Macron recently elaborated on the policy position of France during the presidency of the European Union Council in a public speech and reiterated that the EU should achieve strategic autonomy. Macron also encouraged other EU members to say that the EU has the ability and resources to become a strong coalition in the international community and must be able to achieve strategic autonomy without relying on certain powers.
Although Macron did not name names, the target of the sword was actually the United States. After all, the United States has been holding the European Union under pressure since the end of the Cold War. For the EU, if this situation is allowed to continue, then the most important alliance in the West will be permanently at the feet of the US hegemonic system, and it will be difficult to get ahead. Therefore, in Macron's view, there is hope only by getting rid of dependence on the United States and achieving strategic autonomy.
Moreover, the question of whether France will withdraw from NATO has been a controversial topic in the country. France's withdrawal from NATO is not only said by French President Macron, but also the main topic used by various princes to attract attention and grab votes during the French election. The leader of The French left-wing party and presidential candidate Mélang-hsiung said in an interview with the media a few days ago that France must leave NATO so that it will not be dragged into the Cold War logic of the United States confronting strategic competitors such as Russia and China. ”
France is the rotating presidency of the European Union this year, which undoubtedly provides Macron with an opportunity to encourage the EU to get rid of US control and achieve independence. However, although France is a big country and a major member of the European Union, because of the huge influence of the United States within the European Union, Macron is at best a "little shriveled" among the members of the European Union.
Sure enough, while Macron called on members to strive to achieve eu strategic autonomy, German Chancellor Schoerz's statement meant that the EU could not get rid of its heavy dependence on the United States in the security field for at least a long time to come. Compared with France, Germany needs more military protection from the United States, and Germans have a sentiment of "living without the United States".
According to the Observer Network, Scholz recently once again used the Nord Stream-2 project of Russian-Ukrainian cooperation as a chip to pressure Russia in the Ukraine crisis: if Russia "invades" Ukraine, Germany may stop the Nord Stream-2 project. In fact, the biggest beneficiary of the Nord Stream-2 project is the European Union, especially Germany. In order to please the United States, Scholz did not hesitate to use his own vital interests as a chip to pressure Russia, which is no wonder that German netizens will call them "brain-dead government".
As we all know, the United States provoked the Ukraine crisis in order to rally allies to suppress Russia, which is only part of Washington's attempt. More importantly, with the help of the continuous fermentation of the Ukrainian crisis, provoking the war crisis in Europe, forcing the EU to become more dependent on the United States in the field of security, Macron's call for achieving European strategic autonomy has become an empty phrase.
In the current outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the United States is actually a clever chess player, by rendering the message of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine, successfully provoking a new round of conflict crisis on the European continent. In the process, not only Ukraine, but even the European Union and even Russia are pawns used by the United States to control the European chessboard for a long time.
The United States manipulated the chess game of the European conflict crisis and encouraged the European Union to stir up trouble from it, resulting in a situation in which the Russo-Ukrainian war was on the verge of breaking out. Against the backdrop of increasing risk of conflict, the EU, for security reasons, has no choice but to storm the Ukraine crisis provoked by the United States.
Therefore, Macron called for the EU to achieve strategic autonomy at this time, but Germany and other EU members had to run counter to Macron's call because of the existence of the US factor. It is almost certain that unless the United States lets go, the desire of a seemingly mysterious alliance like the European Union to achieve so-called "strategic autonomy" through the efforts of individual members may only be realized in dreams.