Here,
in our corner of the world, the political rentrée is upon us. The summer
break is now over. And this year’s rentrée will see the changing of the guard
in the EU institutions. With the new leaders, old unresolved issues could gain
a new breath of life.
One
of such issues must be the strengthening of the EU external policy.
We
must develop a stronger common approach to critical international matters, such
as the many crises in the Middle East and the pressing issue of Africa’s
development. In addition, we must give shape to a more independent view of
Europe’s global interests and dare to seriously move towards joint defence and
security efforts.
We also need to strengthen our alliances with other parts of
the world. However, we must recognise that our perception of certain key issues
is not necessarily coincidental with that promoted by some of our key allies. Such
differences are not just momentary. They are not simply the result of leader X
or Y being in charge in one of the countries that matters to us. They are
deeper, as we have walked different historical paths and have created our own
way of looking at what is going on in some problematic regions of the world.
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