Reflections on Macron's proposals for a renewed EU

• Ariane Bogain ^[1]
  1. [1] Northumbria University

     Northumbria University

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Araucaria: Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Política, Humanidades y Relaciones Internacionales, ISSN 1575-6823, ISSN-e 2340-2199, Vol. 22, Nº 45, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: El futuro de la UE / coord. por Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez , Jerónimo Ríos Sierra , Vicente Ordóñez Roig), págs. 207-235
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.12795/araucaria.2020.i45.09
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Reflexiones sobre las propuestas de Macron para la renovación de la UE
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    Emmanuel Macron, elegido presidente francés en 2017 en una plataforma proeuropea contra un oponente acérrimamente euroescéptico, ha tratado revitalizar la construcción europea sacudida por una década de crisis múltiples. Ya se le alabe o vilipendie por ser un creyente apasionado del proyecto europeo, ha expuesto una visión integral del futuro de la UE a través de una serie de discursos clave. El presente artículo aspira a discutir y evaluar la contribución de Macron al debate sobre el futuro de la UE.

    Tras esbozar el contexto global y de la UE en el que Macron ha operado, argumenta que su visión, integral y que ofrece vías para los proeuropeos, contiene una serie de puntos ciegos que la socavan y tienen que replantearse si el proyecto europeo ha de seguir adelante.

  • English

    Emmanuel Macron, elected French President on a pro-European platform against a staunchly Eurosceptic opponent in 2017, has sought to reinvigorate the European construction shaken by a decade of multiple crises. Whether lauded or vilified for being a passionate believer in the European project, he has laid out a comprehensive vision for the future of the EU through a series of key speeches.

    This article aims to discuss and assess Macron’s contribution to the debate on the future of the EU. After outlining the global and EU context in which Macron has been operating, it argues that his vision, whilst comprehensive and offering avenues for pro-Europeans, contains a series of blind spots that undermines it and which needs to be tackled if the European project is to advance.

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