Public opinion is clamouring for closer EU cooperation. The last thing we need is Ursula von der Leyen pandering to the far right, says Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet professor of EU law at HEC Paris
First the author conflates that people like being in the EU with the idea that member states should integrate further in (as in cede power to) the EU. Starting off on a lie doesn’t usually bode well for this kind of texts.
He claims that this offers opportunities to coordinate migration policies but when they do, it’s wrong because he doesn’t like the policy. He claims that they should stand strong in military defence against Russian aggression but when they do, he’s against it because the moment the US suspended their aid they acted immediately instead of just waiting for checks notes the European Parliament agreeing on starting a unified EU-army.
This guy just reads like someone that wants the EU to become just like the US regarding centralization, but with his own policies instead of those inconveniently voted for by his fellow citizens.
Well tbf this is a pretty shit piece.
First the author conflates that people like being in the EU with the idea that member states should integrate further in (as in cede power to) the EU. Starting off on a lie doesn’t usually bode well for this kind of texts.
He claims that this offers opportunities to coordinate migration policies but when they do, it’s wrong because he doesn’t like the policy. He claims that they should stand strong in military defence against Russian aggression but when they do, he’s against it because the moment the US suspended their aid they acted immediately instead of just waiting for checks notes the European Parliament agreeing on starting a unified EU-army.
This guy just reads like someone that wants the EU to become just like the US regarding centralization, but with his own policies instead of those inconveniently voted for by his fellow citizens.