Posted: 3/4/2019
Just saw that French President Macron released a bizarre statement on Europe titled “For European renewal” (see here). I did not have to read the whole thing as the opening paragraphs reveal him to be a complete fool. This pamphlet is full of horrible statements becoming of a hegemon and statist! His command of European history is at a shockingly low level!
In the opening paragraphs he expresses his views on the Brexit! Macron reveals his complete lack of understanding of the Brexit! It is shocking!
His pamphlet reeks of naivete, paternalism, nanny state, statism, centralism, hegemonism etc. This is an attempt to apply French dirigisme (Soviet style central planning) to the whole of Europe! Hope, the European citizens will reject this soundly and wholeheartedly!
Funny, when the reincarnated Sun King talks about free trade he sounds like Trump! What an irony!
Some salient excerpts from Macron’s pamphlet (emphasis added):
- “Europe is not a second-rank power. Europe in its entirety is a vanguard: it has always defined the standards of progress. In this, it needs to drive forward a project of convergence rather than competition: Europe, where social security was created, needs to introduce a social shield for all workers, east to west and north to south, guaranteeing the same pay in the same workplace, and a minimum European wage appropriate to each country and discussed collectively every year”
- “The European model is based on the freedom of man and the diversity of opinions and creation. Our first freedom is democratic freedom: the freedom to choose our leaders as foreign powers seek to influence our vote at each election. I propose creating a European Agency for the Protection of Democracies ...”
- “... spearheading the ecological cause. Will we be able to look our children in the eye if we do not also clear our climate debt? The European Union needs to set its target – zero carbon by 2050 and pesticides halved by 2025 – and adapt its policies accordingly with such measures as a European Climate Bank to finance the ecological transition, a European food safety force to improve our food controls and, to counter the lobby threat”
- “... We need to reform our competition policy and reshape our trade policy with penalties or a ban in Europe on businesses that compromise our strategic interests and fundamental values such as environmental standards, data protection and fair payment of taxes ...”
- “Progress and freedom are about being able to live from your work: Europe needs to look ahead to create jobs. This is why it needs not only to regulate the digital giants by putting in place European supervision of the major platforms (prompt penalties for unfair competition, transparent algorithms, etc.), but also to finance innovation by giving the new European Innovation Council a budget on a par with the United States in order to spearhead new technological breakthroughs such as artificial intelligence.”
- “A world-oriented Europe needs to look towards Africa, with which we should enter into a covenant for the future, taking the same road and ambitiously and non-defensively supporting African development with such measures as investment, academic partnerships and education for girls.”
- “So by the end of the year, let’s set up, with the representatives of the European institutions and the Member States, a Conference for Europe in order to propose all the changes our political project needs, with an open mind, even to amending the treaties. This conference will need to engage with citizens’ panels and hear academics, business and labour representatives, and religious and spiritual leaders.”
- “In this Europe, the peoples will really take back control of their future. In this Europe, the United Kingdom, I am sure, will find its true place.”
If I am not totally mistaken, not once does Macron mention things like entrepreneurs or businesses or free markets (laissez faire, laissez passez), individual freedom or federalism in his pamphlet!
Most of his statements are so laughable it hurts! One does not even have to comment such utter nonsense! Macron is truly a moron! Macron is an Obama clone!
In July of 2017, I have already blogged that I think the then new French President is a loser (see here).
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