A Crash Test: EU Strategic Autonomy in the Foreign Policy of France
A Crash Test: EU Strategic Autonomy in the Foreign Policy of France

Author(s): Łukasz Maślanka
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: EU; France; foreign policy; crash test; strategic autonomy;
Summary/Abstract: France uses the idea of EU strategic autonomy as a tool in its own foreign policy. France’s aim is to redefine the Union’s partnership with the U.S. and NATO. Hence, the activity of President Emmanuel Macron in emphasising the differences between the positions of the U.S. and the EU, especially in relations with China and Russia. Macron’s rhetoric worries other European countries and hides the real problems in EU security policy, such as insufficient financing of the Common Security and Defence Policy as well as the lack of a clear definition of strategic autonomy.

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