马克龙的真正极限

Apr 24, 2018 Hans-Helmut Kotz

法兰克福—最近，马克龙接受两位咄咄逼人的记者的采访，结果并不像卓越的德国哲学家、法国总统的坚定支持者尤尔根·哈贝马斯（Jürgen Habermas）所欢呼的那样，成为“理想的演讲场合”。但尽管被频繁打断，马克龙表现仍相当出色。马克龙言之有物，必要时随时愿意对问题进行详细的讨论，显然掌控着局面。他不需要讲话提示，一如几天前他在欧洲议会谴责民族主义和民粹主义的演讲中令人仰慕的表现。

但同一周，他还与德国总理默克尔在柏林举行了会晤，这次会晤的口风和实质都大不相同。最重要的是，这暴露了马克龙道路的极限：看似说服力无比的讲话未必能够转化为可行的政策。

政治本质上反映了国家层面利益的互动。而马克龙的重新设计欧洲制度架构的理想正是在这里遇到了阻碍。他的方案太多太模糊，难以做出评判，也没有考虑国家层面争论的情况——质疑派正在崛起。对欧洲持积极态度是有代价的。

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Henk Crop May 10, 2018

A recent poll ( Forsa, Open Europe ) showed that Germans feel that the EU:
18 % should develop into a Federation
39 % should continue with the status quo
29 % should return to purely the Economic Union
20 % the disadvantages of the EU exceed the advantages
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Henk Crop May 9, 2018

The author discusses the ideas of Macron and the response by Merkel.
However more attention is required for the ideas of Juncker. Ideas which are aimed at developing the EU into a Federal State. That in a hurry !! ?
He has published his ideas in a State of the Union Address 2017 and a Roadmap for deepening the European Economic Monitairy zone.
Officially mr. Juncker leads the central Service Center of the Union and is supposed to present his proposals the EU Council.
Mr. Juncker appears not to operate as a consultant but as a Government leader. With his staff of 30.000 and an EU Parliament without authority he acts as the most influential EU leader.
If Macron, Merkel and other leaders do not keep tight control, we will find that the ideas of mr. Juncker will have been implemented. Whether they will work or not. The approach is: act first and think later.
It is good to remember the sloppy way the Euro was introduced.
In the Netherlands a poll was held about the State of the union Adress, it was rejected by 97 % of the voters.
I understand that mrs. Merkel has trouble of her own.
But I think it is time to step on the brakes and spent time to set up the EU on track again. It would also be wise to bring in some, neutral, external experts.
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Martin Maldonado Apr 30, 2018

Unless purposefully ignoring it in the rest of your article, your last paragraph probably sums up the lackluster energy of Macron's euro proposals: limited political capital. Wouldn't it be foolish to attempt a project that will ensure political martyrdom when his domestic vision has hardly advanced?
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