Article published in The European , 04/03/1911
At this point in the event there is no doubt about the particular vision shared by some political representatives as Nicolas Sarkozy, David Cameron and Catherine Ashton (to name the most obvious ) on the so-called 'European defense. " What we 'sold' in recent weeks as "prudent planning" and "evaluating all options" regarding the situation in Libya has been too well staged as an excuse to freeze any military intervention project had been coordinated European level (read about it Articles in Bruxelles2 'Comment the maritime planification de l'opération a été sur la Libye stoppée, coté EU' and ' Nicolas Sarkozy passe l'Europe de la Défense de l'histoire au broyeur '). All this despite what he says the Lisbon Treaty, despite the added value that supposedly justified the creation of a European External Action Service (just raise foreign policy at EU level to avoid the limelight and national dilemmas, as we have seen a Again in the case of strategic positioning French or German).
The European Union will walk the same path 15 years ago, is supporting the various structures of humanitarian action and monitoring of migration flows. Far is still the idea of \u200b\u200bintervening on behalf of the EU in international conflicts, but that fact should not minimize the importance of the support mission to be carried out and that 27 have already agreed.
mark in one way or another a step without precedent in the EU foreign policy . During the past two weeks, Member States have agreed to carry out two missions (beyond the fines and tax), the first one especially significant because 'mobilized' for the first time a contingent of military style to support and ensure humanitarian action (ie to achieve an objective outside of Community competence 'security'). The mission, under the code name 'Eufor Libya' will have two objectives that will perform according to the 'demands' that can make international organizations stationed in the area: a) manage and ensure security in refugee camps possible which is formed on the Libyan border and b) repatriating refugees and displaced persons (through an airlift and sea). The mission, scheduled starts in April, will be the legal basis of paragraph 26 of resolution 1970 of the UN and the EU decision was subsequently approved.
The second mission is the surveillance of borders. In this case the Union believed that it was not necessary so "prudent planning" for the February 19 and had begun the Frontex operation known under the code name for Hermes . The operation (civil and a portion of the resources used 'military') aims to monitor the arrival of boatloads of immigrants. The legal basis, as we are reminded in Article Collection Bruxelles2 is Article 67 and 77 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
The Union will therefore to engage in humanitarian aid, an area in which the European community has shown particularly effective and responsive from the lesson of Yugoslavia, in spite of little interest and little 'revenue' political comparatively involved such action (in part why Member States have no more stick to the side in strengthening the 'European 'sector).
Here we have a before and after the it was European Commissioner and current Vice President of the Italian Senate Emma Bonino, Italian radical MEP internationally known for his activism in the field human rights and in particular for his fight for the rights of women. Emma Bonino is the model of some European politicians during the decade of the 90 (and associated 'relaunched' community) and had an important visibility as Rocard, Delors and Prodi (who included in his government as Minister for European Trade Policy International 2006).
was commissioner from 1996 to 1999 Fisheries Policy and Politics of Consumer Protection and director of the Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO ) (when the Office began to consolidate during the second half of the 90). ECHO is perhaps one of the most 'prolific' in terms of community integration. is currently one of the first direct or indirect contributing the major international development aid (as the Red Cross), and its budget is comparable to the budget that allocates U.S. aid (in contrast to foreign policy spend to 0.99 of what the U.S. spends on defense, as I recall in a previous article.)
worth remembering that the mission ECHO is based on the principles of humanity, non-discrimination and fairness, providing a very different nature of other bodies. While it is likely that the various crises in recent months pushed the element of 'conditionality' when economic aid to countries in need, it is also true that humanitarian aid remains one of the bastions of the Union precisely because represent exogenous assistance to political considerations. No wonder Georgieva Commissioner responsible for humanitarian aid and crisis management is the only one carrying a approved by the Financial Times.
Some remembered as the moment the wall fell, there was talk about the historic nature of Europe (in this case the West) as center of 'gravity' of the continent . Vision was intended to be an efficient undisguised narrative to bring the European countries like Poland or Hungary. The big words were accompanied by millionaires packages of grants and development aid (under the PHARE program) that you 'buy' a few still not convinced of the benefits of being 'European'. The award was none other than the entry in the most exclusive club in the world.
After all, far away is the time. The European Union has made the return trip at least three times in the last 20 years. They joined the two Europes, but today we have to stop to demand an integration without democracy is not convincing. Europe can not offer today PHARE program to the Mediterranean. Nor has the guts to implement military and political mechanisms that allow, at least symbolically, to have in the global geopolitical map. States for their part have no interest in promoting a European democracy that may overlap.
Europe and many of our representatives are still children of the famous Falconeri Tancredi. That in the legendary film that gives its name to ' Leopard' pronounced that for 'che tutto rimanga is Vogliamo come è, tutto che bisogno change! ". If we want everything to stay as it is, it is necessary that everything changes.
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