Debate: What ‘European political community’ do we need now?

By Florent Parmentier, Secrétaire général du CEVIPOF. Enseignant à Sciences Po. Chercheur-associé au Centre HEC Paris de Géopolitique, Sciences Po
Florent Marciacq, Secrétaire général adjoint au Centre franco-autrichien pour le rapprochement en Europe, directeur de l’Observatoire des Balkans à la Fondation Jean Jaurès, chercheur au Centre international de formation européenne, Centre international de formation européenne

Inspired by François Mitterrand’s idea of a European confederation, French president Emmanuel Macron has outlined the idea of a political body that would be separate from the EU.

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