On April 25, 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron once again expounded his idea of strategic autonomy in Europe's relations with Russia, the United States and other countries in a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris. In general, Europe must not become a vassal of the United States, and if Europe becomes a vassal of the United States, there is only one fate that awaits Europe, that is, it will completely disappear from the international political arena.
In fact, Macron touched on a number of issues in his speech, and these issues are worth reading.
First, according to Macron's idea, on the Russian-Ukrainian issue, Europe must not let Russia win, nor can it let Putin win, the reason is very simple, if Putin wins and Russia wins, it means that Europe will fall into a complete defeat in front of Russia. Ukraine is bent on joining the European Union, has always wanted to strive to become a member of NATO, and is full of all kinds of hopes for Europe, but Ukraine was beaten half to death by its former brothers under the nose of Europe, and Europe is indifferent and powerless, which undoubtedly shows that Europe has completely lost the game with Russia. Therefore, Macron said that Europe must not allow Putin to win, even if it is a tie and a stalemate, it is necessary to let the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continue, therefore, on the Russian-Ukrainian issue, Macron once again reiterated his attitude that Russia cannot be allowed to win.
Second, although Russia cannot be allowed to win, Europe does not know what ability to prevent Russia from winning, and it cannot rely on Europe's two mouths, and Macron believes that in order to make Europe strong quickly, there is only one way to discourage Russia, and European countries must strengthen their own national defense capabilities and must increase their military spending. If with the current state of military spending and armaments, if it wants to stop Russia, Russia will not bother Europe at all, because Russia only believes in one truth, what can be achieved on the battlefield, and there is no need to tear it diplomatically. Therefore, Macron clearly pointed out in this speech that strong force is the backbone of Europe and the greatest confidence for Europe in dealing with geopolitics and international disputes. If, as it is now, even the artillery shells that Ukraine needs cannot be satisfied, Europe will not be able to make Russia afraid, therefore, in terms of the military capabilities required by Europe's strategic autonomy, Macron called on European countries to use snacks.
Third, the core message of Macron's speech is that Europe must not become a vassal of the United States. Macron believes that if Europe becomes a vassal of the United States, follows the trend of the United States, completely listens to the United States, and positions itself completely according to the vassal of the United States, it will eventually lose its independence, and Europe will definitely disappear in a diversified world. Europe is a region that once gave birth to modern civilization, and Macron also has deep feelings for Europe, Macron believes that Europe must maintain strategic autonomy, although Europe and the United States are allies, but must not become a vassal of the United States, otherwise it is a dead end.
On April 25, President Macron delivered a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris, once again saying no to the United States, and said that Europe must not become a vassal of the United States, and whether Macron's words can become a reality is also worth discussing. All in all, it is still necessary to give a positive affirmation to President Macron, as the French president, Macron can boldly say no to the United States in the case of the United States' total control of Europe, and this courage is worthy of a thumbs up for him. It should be noted that international politics is quite cruel and cruel, and although Macron, as the president of France, can say no to the United States, it is extremely difficult to achieve this goal if Europe does not become a vassal of the United States.
First, Macron may think that Europe is a holistic concept, and in fact, Europe is made up of several parts, but Europe can be divided into at least traditional Western Europe, Central Europe led by Germany, and Eastern Europe led by Poland, which joined the European Union after the end of the Cold War. In addition to Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and Western Europe, there are also Northern Europe, which is composed of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and other countries, and Southern Europe, which is composed of Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. From this, it can be seen that Europe is actually a political puzzle, and if it wants to fully integrate the 27 countries of the European Union, even Napoleon is alive and Bismarck is reborn, and he is not capable of accomplishing this grand goal, let alone Macron. This is the biggest problem facing Macron, Europe does not want to become a vassal of the United States, and it also wants to achieve strategic autonomy, but first it has to overcome the fragmentation and intrigue within Europe. Macron does not want to become a vassal of the United States, but small countries such as the Czech Republic, Poland, and Lithuania are eager to integrate with the United States, so from the differences within the EU, we can know that the European strategic autonomy that Macron talked about does have a long way to go.
Second, there is a lot of talk in Europe and it is not possible to form a will to unite, and another important motivation is that even if Europe is united, the gap between Europe and the United States will be difficult to bridge compared with the overall strength of the United States. After all, the United States has been operating for many years, and when the United States became the global hegemon, the United States' strategy for Europe was to fully penetrate and control, although Europe has many enterprises and many advanced technologies, but the shareholders behind these enterprises and technologies are American capital, and the Americans are the ones who control the fate of European enterprises and technology. In fact, Alstom in France is a typical example, the United States arrested Alstom's executives under the pretext of "long-arm jurisdiction" and core patents, and on the grounds of safeguarding American intellectual property rights, and then reached a compromise with the French government, which allowed a large amount of American capital to enter and become the de facto controlling owner of Alstom.
There is no doubt that the Alstom incident reflects how deeply the United States has penetrated into Europe, economically, technologically, and even more politically. Nowadays, there are few normal people in these politicians in the European political arena, these people were born in Europe, stand on the international political stage as the spokesmen of Europe, and it stands to reason that they should speak for Europe, but when these politicians deal with international issues, they often take the United States as the lead. Many suspect that these politicians may be agents of the United States, and Macron's thinking can only be wishful thinking in terms of the difficulty of removing total American control in Europe.
Third, in addition to the above two reasons that are directly related to the United States and have a relatively high degree of difficulty, Macron's desire to achieve Europe's strategic autonomy also has a lot to do with him. At present, President Macron has entered his second term, and how long he can still work is also an acute question, and this is also a problem that Macron cannot avoid, which may also be the most fundamental reason why Macron proposed European strategic autonomy, but in the end it could not be realized. The key question is whether there will be a new French president after Macron who can inherit Macron's idea, after all, Macron's bones are a little harder, but there is no guarantee that other new presidents after Macron will still be able to straighten their waists a little like Macron. "De Gaulle is the last man in France" is a joke, but it can still reflect that these politicians in the French political arena, including Macron, are actually very "calcium deficient".
All in all, on April 25, Macron reiterated again at the Sorbonne University in Paris that Europe must not become a vassal of the United States, otherwise there is only a dead end, and this is more of a personal political show.