Seven years later, on April 25th, Mr Macron returned to the university with an altogether graver message: “Our Europe is mortal; it can die”. The underlying thread in Mr Macron’s long speech was one of Europe’s fragility in a darker world.
We are not equipped to face the risks,” Macron said in his speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris, warning that military, economic and other pressures could weaken and fragment the 27-nation E.U.
Emmanuel Macron has warned that the EU is facing a “mortal” threat from economic decline, rising illiberalism, and return of war caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In a speech at the Sorbonne university on Tuesday,
French President Emmanuel Macron said the American security umbrella is a thing of the past and that Europe needs to build its own credible defense strategy if it wants to survive.
"There is a risk our Europe could die. We are not equipped to face the risks," the French president said in his April 25 speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to improve its defences and cut red tape as it faces existential threats from Russian aggression and American isolationism. In a nearly two-hour speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris,
STORY: "Europe today is mortal. It could die." That's what French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday (April 25) in a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He called for stronger, more integrated European defenses as he outlined his vision for an increasingly assertive European Union on the global stage.