Guardia tarafından verilen bilgiye göre, Cement Seattle tarzı bir kamyonla müzenin güney cephesindeki balkon penceresine erişen hırsızlar, ziyaretçilerin içeri girmeye başlamasından yaklaşık yarım saat sonra, saat 9.30 civarında içeriye girmeyi başardı. Ayrıntılar, yük asansörüyle gelen bir kamyonun yanaşmasıyla güvenlik açığını kullandıklarını işaret ediyor. Soygun, kısa süreli bir olay olarak tahmin ediliyor; yetkililer, içeri girdikten sonra vitrinlerde sergilenen mücevherleri aldılar ve motosikletlerle bölgeden ayrıldılar.

Fransız Kültür Bakanlığı, çalınan mücevherler arasından sekiz parçanın bulunamadığını açıkladı; ancak Napolyon III’ün eşi Eugenie’nin tacı olay yerinde zarar görmeden kurtarıldı. Ayrıca, Regent elması gibi değerli parçaların da müzeden çıkmadığı bildirildi. Çalınanlar arasında Kraliçe Marie-Amélie ve Kraliçe Hortense’ye ait taçlar ile küpeler ve safirlerden oluşan mücevher setleri bulunuyor. Yetkililer, çalınan eşyaların maddi değerinin ötesinde, tarihi ve kültürel olarak benzersiz bir öneme sahip olduğunun altını çiziyorlar.

Aynı gün Paris Savcılığı, olayla ilgili olarak organize hırsızlık ve suç örgütü kurma şüphesiyle soruşturmayı başlattı. Soruşturma sürecinde, özel bir birim tarafından kültürel varlıkların yasa dışı yollarla kaçakçılığını önlemek amacıyla çalışmalar sürdürülüyor.

Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı Emmanuel Macron, konuyla ilgili olarak paylaşımında Louvre’nin mirasına yönelik bir saldırı olduğuna vurgu yaptı ve çalınan eserlerin bulunması için her türlü önlemin alındığını ifade etti. Ayrıca, Başkan, yeniden güvenlik önlemlerinin yaygınlaştırılacağını ve Nisan ayında başlayan Yeni Rönesans Louvre projesinin bu süreçte güvenliği güçlendireceğini belirtti.

Kültür Bakanı Açıklamaları Kültür Bakanı Racgida Dati, sabah erken saatlerde gerçekleşen soygunun ardından çalınan mücevherlerin paha biçilemez olduğunun altını çizdi. En değerli koleksiyonların sergilendiği Apollo Galerisi’nde Napolyon Bonaparte ile İmparatoriçe Josephine’ye ait kolye, broş ve taç gibi parçaların çalındığı bildirildi. Savcılık ise olayla ilgili olarak kültürel varlıkların yasa dışı kaçakçılığını önlemek amacıyla yürütülen operasyonlar çerçevesinde inceleme başlattı.

Monna Lisa’nın Evi Louvre Müzesi, Seine Nehri kıyısında yer alan, dünyanın en zengin sanat koleksiyonuna sahip müzelerden biri olarak bilinir. 1793’te Fransız Devrimi sonrası açılan müze, 12. yüzyılda bir kale olarak inşa edilmiş olup, günümüzde 500 binden fazla sanat eserine ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. Buradaki en ünlü eser Leonardo da Vinci’nin Mona Lisa tablosudur.

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Göstericiler, ellerinde Filistin bayrakları ve “Filistin’de Adalet” yazılı dövizler taşıyarak, karşılaşmanın yapıldığı alanın önünde toplandı. Protestocular, “İsrail katil, (Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı Emmanuel) Macron suç ortağı” şeklinde sloganlar atarak, duruma olan tepkilerini dile getirdiler.

Bu eylem, İsrail’in Gazze’deki saldırılarına ve bu saldırılara destek veren firmalara karşı bir tepki niteliğindeydi. Göstericiler, Tel Aviv yönetimini destekleyen firmaların boykot edilmesi çağrısında bulunarak, uluslararası kamuoyunun dikkatini bu konuya çekmeyi amaçladılar.

• Göstericilerin amaçları:
  • Filistin’e destek vermek
  • İsrail’in Gazze’deki eylemlerine karşı çıkmak
  • Uluslararası boykot çağrısı yapmak

Bu protesto eylemi, Fransa’nın zengin kültürel yapısının bir yansıması olarak, birçok farklı görüş ve düşüncenin bir arada bulunduğu bir ortamda gerçekleşti.

Kaynak: AA / Esra Taşkın – Güncel Basketbol Filistin İsrail Fransa Gazze Paris Kaynak: Haberler.com

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Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri (BAE) Devlet Başkanı Muhammed bin Zayid Al Nahyan, iki ülke arasındaki işbirliğini güçlendirmek amacıyla Fransa’yı ziyaret etti. Bu ziyaret, iki ülke için de önemli bir dönüm noktası olarak değerlendiriliyor.

Fransa ve BAE tarafından yapılan ortak yazılı açıklamaya göre, Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı Emmanuel Macron, Al Nahyan’ı Paris’teki ünlü Elysee Sarayı’nda düzenlenen akşam yemeğinde ağırladı. Bu yemek, iki liderin stratejik konuları ele alması açısından büyük bir fırsat sundu.

Yemekte, yapay zeka alanındaki işbirliği ön plana çıktı. İki ülke, teknoloji alanında “ortak çerçeve anlaşması” yapma kararı aldı. Bu anlaşma çerçevesinde Fransa’da yapay zeka odaklı bir teknoloji kampüsünün kurulması kararlaştırıldı. Görüşme sırasında, liderler yapay zekanın değer zincirinin gelişmesini desteklemek amacıyla işbirliği projeleri ve yatırımlar üzerine fikir alışverişinde bulundu.

• Yapay zeka alanında yatırımlar yapılması
• Son teknolojiye sahip çiplerin edinilmesi
• Veri merkezlerinin kurulması

Tüm bu adımlar, iki ülkenin teknoloji alanındaki işbirliğini derinleştirmeyi hedefliyor. İki lider, yapay zeka projelerinin gelişimini önümüzdeki aylarda yakından takip etme konusunda mutabık kaldılar.

BAE’nin 30 Milyar Avrodan Fazla Yatırım Hedefi

Fransa Dışişleri Bakanı Barrot, görüşmeyle ilgili olarak yaptığı açıklamada, BAE’nın Fransa’daki yapay zeka odaklı kampüse 30 milyar avrodan fazla yatırım yapmayı planladığını duyurdu. Fransız basını, bu kampüsün bünyesinde 1 gigavata kadar hesaplama kapasitesine sahip dev bir veri merkezinin bulunacağını bildirdi.

Bu işbirliği, hem Fransa hem de BAE için gelecekteki teknoloji yatırımları açısından büyük bir potansiyele işaret ediyor.

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26 Temmuz tarihinde gerçekleştirilen Celine Dion’un performansının “hiç şüphesiz” önceden kaydedildiği yönündeki iddialar, Paris 2024 organizatörleri tarafından yanıtsız bırakıldı. Daha önce performansın canlı olduğu yönünde açıklamalar yapan organizatörler, bu konuyla ilgili gelen tüm soruları görmezden geldi. Besteci Etienne Guéreau, televizyon ekranlarında duyduğumuz versiyonun “düzeltilmiş bir playback” olduğunu ifade ederken, anonim bir ses mühendisi, gösterimin “yüzde 100 playback” olduğunu dile getirdi. Bazı uzmanlar, prova ve gerçek performansın birbirine tıpatıp benzediğine dikkat çekerek, bunun canlı bir performans için teknik olarak imkansız olduğunu vurguladı.

Dion’u Konserde Yüz Binler İzledi

Dion’un bu performansı, sanatçının sert kişi sendromuyla mücadelesinin ardından büyük bir geri dönüş olarak planlanmıştı. Şarkı, Fransız müzik ikonu Edith Piaf’a bir saygı duruşu niteliğindeydi. Binlerce hayran, sosyal medyada Dion’u övgü dolu mesajlarla selamladı; yaklaşık 104.000 kişi ise töreni canlı izlemek için bilet satın aldı. Perşembe günü Instagram’da performansın “canlı” kaydının çeşitli platformlarda yayınlandığını duyuran Dion, şarkı sözlerine atıfta bulunarak “Tanrı birbirini sevenleri bir araya getirir” mesajını paylaştı. Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı Emmanuel Macron da Dion’un performansını Paris 2024’teki “en büyük duygu” olarak nitelendirdi.

Kafalarda Soru İşaretleri Meydana Geldi

Ancak, canlı performans olarak sunulan bir gösterinin önceden kaydedilmiş olması, sanatçının dürüstlüğü ve organizatörlerin şeffaflığı konusunda ciddi soru işaretleri oluşturdu. Dion’un sağlık durumu göz önüne alındığında, bazı hayranlar bu durumu anlayışla karşıladı. Tartışmalar, müzik dünyasında yankı bulmaya devam ediyor ve sanatçının geleceği üzerine spekülasyonlar artıyor.

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Despite its limitations and public neglect, the Conference on the Future – an unprecedented exercise of transnational democracy entailing the participation of randomly selected citizens – is set to go down into history as a major catalyst for EU integration. Initially dismissed as yet another Brussels gimmick—a top-down, perfunctory exercise with a major pro-EU bias—, the Conference revealed a genuine, possibly one of the most consequential, attempts at upgrading the Union to the new geo-political and social realities of the continent. And for the first time it did so with some citizens’ involvement.

As the Conference just ended, let’s examine what we have learned from this unprecedented democratic exercise before predicting what its legacy might be.

A new logic: It’s the citizen, stupid!

Contrary to previous efforts at institutional reform, it’s not the EU member states nor the EU institutions but hundreds of citizens of Europe – of different geographic origin, gender, age, socioeconomic background and level of education – who this time demand for a overhaul of the bloc.

This is a game-changer insofar citizens have historically been side-lined in European integration. The new logic underpinning the Conference, as a citizen-driven, bottom-up process, may put governments and institutions in an unprecedented bind.

Following the publication of citizens’ recommendations, no political actor in the EU – not even the democratically elusive European Council gathering all heads of state and government – will be able to escape some form of accountability on how it intends to follow up on citizens’ demands. Hence the present effort by some capitals to delegitimize the process instead of taking issue with its recommendations.

A new method: deliberation works

As revealed by previous citizens’ assemblies organised at the national level, the Conference on the Future of Europe proved capable of unlocking some of the most contentious issues within the bloc, ranging from the need to have an EU-wide energy policy to a unified electoral competition.

Similarly to what happened in Ireland where citizens’ deliberations led to the liberalisation of abortion laws and legalisation of same-sex marriage, the EU citizens’ fresh look at some of the hardest topics confronting the Union paved the way to EU political reform. While this conclusion was facilitated by a sentiment of shared destiny prompted by extraordinary events such as the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Conference deliberative format was conducive to – and ready to crystallise into political demand – such a realisation.

Deliberation by randomly selected citizens can work, also in a transnational setting as the EU.

A new reflex: trust the citizens

The Conference also broke another myth that had been chasing European integration since its inception.

Due its original, historical attempt at constraining popular sovereignty in the aftermath of World War II, the EU has historically been suspicious toward any expression of popular will. Put it simply, how could one still trust people who brought fascists to power? Yet today the Union’s atavistic hostility toward citizens’ input might be in the process of being overcome.

The Conference’s experience plainly revealed that the expression of popular will can be trusted, and that it may be particularly needed in a Union still lacking a common public and political sphere.

Indeed, once offered the opportunity to reflect upon their personal experience of the EU project together with their European peers in the framework of the Conference, the randomly selected citizens didn’t shy away from acknowledging the Union’s imperfect nature and ask instead for a more intelligible, responsive, and accountable Europe.

Ultimately, asking to be better informed about what and how national leaders decide in Brussels, or calling for greater, EU-wide public debates are not the exclusive prerogative of pro-European voices, but rather a pre-requisite to contribute to the Union’s democratic life, or that of any other democratic community worth of this name.

A new feedback loop between participation and representation

One of the most challenging aspects of participatory democracy has historically been how to connect the citizens’ input with the traditional mechanisms of representative democracy.

The EU is no exception: the participatory and representative components of EU democracy are like ships that pass in the night. This is because EU participatory channels – be they European citizens’ initiatives, petitions, or public consultations – are not intended to impact directly how decisions are made, but simply to legitimize existing policy approaches.

How did the Conference change that? It established the first ever plenary assembly mixing randomly-selected citizens presenting their recommendations with elected representatives deliberating jointly. Far for providing a silver bullet, the EU experimented a mechanism exposing – on an equal and mutual basis – elected citizens with citizens who had been drawn. This established and nurtured a ‘safe space’ within which the competing claims of representation – by the elected (‘I was elected’) and by the citizens (‘I was drawn’) could be reconciled. Despite the dominant corporatist bias among political representatives vis-à-vis participatory democracy, they also realize how much representation urgently need an additional source of legitimacy.

As the Conference has come to an end, the challenge is how to codify these major learnings into the constitutional, administrative and ultimately political culture of the EU.

The first (and only) tangible outcome of the Conference (thus far) has been the public acknowledgement by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, who declared herself ready to learn to establish a permanent EU citizens’ assembly to receive their advice before submitting important legislative initiatives. As this can be done without re-opening the Treaties and appears to receive bipartisan consensus, this might reveal the most immediate Conference’s legacy.

When it comes to other taboo-breaking citizens’ recommendations, several of them do require transferring new power to the Union – from taxation, energy to education – to be realized, and only a treaty change may do.

As a result the question urgently facing EU leaders in the aftermath of the Conference is whether to content ourselves with the patchy responses provided by the Union to the new emergencies – as twelve countries resisting treaty chance publicly demand (including the next two rotating presidencies of the Council, Sweden and Czechia) – , or rather to embark on a ‘quantum leap’ and upgrade the Union to the ‘brave new world’ in which we find ourselves in.

The answer to this question, which will be first discussed by the next European Council in June, will not only define EU’s course of history but also that of its 450 million and the many more waiting at its doors (ask the Ukrainians, Moldovans, Georgians, etc.).

Europe is, once again, on the making. And from now onwards with citizens on board.

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What is Macron’s idea?

Amid his own suggestions that war-torn Ukraine’s EU membership bid could take “decades” and long delays to the accession of countries in the Western Balkans, France’s president wants consideration given to a two-speed Europe. 

He laid out his vision of a broader community of European democracies that would allow for deeper cooperation between the 27-member bloc and non-EU countries.

Within this new political union, nations like Ukraine, and even a post-Brexit Britain, could forge deeper ties without officially joining the EU.

“The EU, given the level of its integration and ambition, cannot be in the short-term the only means of structuring the European continent,” Macron told MEPs.

“It’s our historic obligation to respond to that today and to create what I would call a ‘European political community’. This new European organisation would allow European democratic nations adhering to our core values to find a new space for cooperation on politics, security, energy, transport, infrastructure investments and the movement of people, especially the young.”

Why now?

Macron made the comments on Monday at the Conference on the Future of Europe, a consultation exercise on how the EU should be reformed. 

Symbolically, he spoke on Europe Day, an occasion that honours the starting point of the continent’s political and economic integration.

His words also come amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has sparked Kyiv and two former Soviet countries to submit hasty EU membership applications: Moldova and Georgia. 

In addition, there are rumblings from the Western Balkans where countries such as North Macedonia and Albania have long been waiting for membership talks to start. 

It may also be linked to frustrations at the speed of EU decision making. Several countries, including Hungary, are holding up a Brussels bid to ban imports of Russian oil.

How would Macron’s idea work?

Details are still very sketchy. 

Macron, speaking later alongside German chancellor Olaf Scholz, said: “We must find a political form that enables to ‘dock’ to Europe some states that share the same values and geography and to build together a political coordination, probably some forms of solidarity in terms of security — and which are not the same as NATO, but some elements of cooperation, solidarity to be defined — cooperation in terms of energy because we see the integration and solidarity within Europe about these energy issues which are so structuring.

“We must now start the political consultation to see the interest and, as you noticed, maybe it’s also a way to regain stability and another form of cooperation with some countries such as the United Kingdom which has decided to leave our European Union but which can have its rightful place in this political community.”

Nevertheless, the idea marks a major shift in the direction of European policy, particularly for France, which has shown a degree of intransigence towards further integration of new EU member states for years now.

Macron’s plans would see a two-tier Europe, which, in many ways, runs contrary to the idea of the EU, that is, complete allegiance to the bloc’s laws and regulations, and in the case of this new proposal, loosely attached European governments which would only cooperate more deeply on issues, such as defence and taxation.

“One can say the Schengen Area and the eurozone are examples of a two-speed Europe, which is not the same as the other idea [of Macron], which is this outer circle of non-members of the EU, which would cooperate with the European Union on specific areas without being part of the bloc as members of the institutions,” Camino Mortera-Martinez, head of the Brussels office at the Centre for European Reform told Euronews.

“And that’s what I think Macron mentioned or was referring to, this idea of the European political community. And that’s what applies to Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and perhaps to the UK, as well as other countries.”

Who is waiting to join the European Union?

Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova have all submitted applications since Russia’s war began on 24 February.

The European Union’s executive arm, the European Commission, said it aims to deliver a first opinion in June on Ukraine’s request to become a member.

Macron said Ukraine’s aspiration to join the bloc was “legitimate”, saying Kyiv’s desire, as well as Georgia and Moldova’s, “allows us to re-evaluate our geography and the organisation of our continent”.

But, behind closed doors, many member states accept that fast-track membership for Ukraine — and other candidates — is highly unlikely given that a proposal like this would require major changes to the EU treaties.

“Lots of these [EU] governments are very wary of opening the treaties because they know that’s like opening Pandora’s box,” Mortera-Martinez said. “Everybody’s going to have a requirement and advise them to have a wish list, and that’s going to become quite difficult at the moment.”

Critics point to Macron just trying to appease non-EU countries waiting in the wings, some of whom have been in the candidacy queue for years now, rather than actually seriously considering their membership bids.

Apart from Turkey — with whom talks began in 2005 but which stalled and were then stopped in 2019 — and the trio of recent applicants, all those waiting to join are based in the Western Balkans. 

North Macedonia, which first applied in 2004, has met the criteria for beginning membership talks but its bid is being held up by a dispute with Bulgaria. 

Albania’s bid is linked to North Macedonia’s, so Sofia’s veto is holding things up for Tirana, too. 

Montenegro applied for EU membership in 2008. Accession talks, which began in 2012, are advanced and the country could be ready to join by 2025. 

Talks are also ongoing with Serbia, while Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina are considered “potential candidates for EU membership”.

Kosovo, a former province of Serbia, declared independence from Belgrade in 2008. Serbia doesn’t recognise this and continues to treat Kosovo as if it were under its sovereignty. Brussels says neither will be able to join the EU until this dispute is resolved.

Prospects for Bosnia, meanwhile, are poor. It applied for EU membership in 2016 but, according to a European Parliament briefing note, “internal political instability and lack of political reforms have dampened the country’s prospects of joining the EU”.

What are the chances of Macron’s idea becoming a reality?

Macron’s idea would likely require changes to the EU treaties and there appears to be little appetite for this. 

Up to 13 countries, including Denmark, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Sweden, signed a document on Monday rejecting the idea.

“We do not support unconsidered and premature attempts to launch a process toward treaty change,” they wrote.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, although expressing interest in Macron’s proposal, also warned against disappointing long-time EU candidates.

“What is clear is, that this must not and will not stop us from moving forward with what we have started, namely enabling the accession processes that we have been working on for so long now,” Scholz said at a joint press conference with the French president in Berlin on Monday.

“This is especially true for the Western Balkans, which we have already talked about. There are very many of them who have already made very far-reaching preparations, who have also made brave decisions. And this courage must also be rewarded at some point.

“I would simply like to illustrate this with the example of North Macedonia. There have been very brave political leaders who have dared to do something to make it possible for the accession process to be able to start. And we should find a way that this bravery isn’t disappointed.”

President Macron says he would like to discuss the idea at the European Council summit in June, with the aim of getting the ball rolling for an EU convention on treaty change in the near future.

But with so many opponents already making their voices heard any significant amendments to the way the bloc works may be years off still.

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He told reporters in Strasbourg that once the war ends, Moscow and Kyiv will eventually have to sit down and negotiate with each other, so any further tensions will only serve to the detriment of the situation.

“We will have a peace to build tomorrow, let us never forget that,” Macron said on Monday. “I mentioned this earlier. We will have to do this with Ukraine and Russia around the table. The end of the discussion and the negotiation will be set by Ukraine and Russia. But it will not be done in denial, nor in exclusion of each other, nor even in humiliation.”

Macron also laid out his vision of a broader community of European democracies that would allow for deeper cooperation between non-EU countries.

Within this new political union, nations like Ukraine and even the UK could be a part of it.

“The European Union, given the level of its integration and ambition, cannot be in the short term the only means of structuring the European continent,” he said.

“It’s our historic obligation to respond to that today and to create what I would call a European political community. This new European organisation would allow European democratic nations adhering to our core values to find a new space for co-operation on politics, security, energy, transport, infrastructure investments and the movement of people, especially the young.”

The proposals were made on Europe Day at the same time as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s huge military parades in Moscow on Victory Day.

For European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the contrast between the EU and Russia could not be starker.

“I think that today speaks volumes and it speaks for itself. On the one hand, you see an autocrat, Vladimir Putin in Moscow and he has had his military parade – this is the only thing he has to offer his people,” von der Leyen told reporters. “And then on the other hand here in the EP you see a celebration of democracy.”

Monday marked the end of the Conference on the Future of Europe, a year-long process in which European citizens gave their views on what they want for the future of the 27 member bloc.

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With Paris still holding the six-month presidency of the EU, Emmanuel Macron will be able to push his political agenda in reaction to the crises that face the 27.

Defence

EU leaders will meet on 30 and 31 May for an extraordinary summit on European defence and the war in Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron intends to put forward the concept of “European strategic autonomy”: enabling the 27 to take their own decisions, without having to depend on allies. In the eyes of the French head of state, this implies the development of both industrial and deployment capabilities.

This would require an increase in European funds dedicated to military expenditure, coupled with an improvement in coordination between the 27.

Energy

The energy issue now seems to be inseparable from the war in Ukraine. To reduce European dependence on Russian oil and gas, Paris wants to accelerate the decarbonisation of European society. The French president wants to deploy clean energy more quickly and ensure that investment continues in nuclear power as part of the European energy mix.

To address rising energy prices, Emmanuel Macron is also expected to push for an overhaul of the rules that set electricity prices. This reform could involve removing the link between the price of gas and electricity.

Climate

Tackling climate change is one of the priorities of France’s Presidency of the European Union. The French president supports the idea of a carbon tax on the EU’s borders in order to avoid unfair competition. An adjustment mechanism that takes into account the carbon impact of imports is currently being negotiated between the EU institutions. Under French, leadership, the 27 finance ministers reached agreement on such a mechanism in March. A compromise will now have to be found with the European Commission and the European Parliament.

Migration

Emmanuel Macron wants to reform Europe’s Schengen area, the zone within which there’s free movement of people. This would involve strengthening Europe’s external borders. The French president also wants to set up a Schengen steering committee with more frequent meetings between involved ministers. Paris also wants to create an “emergency support mechanism” to be able to provide concrete help when there’s a crisis.

Digital

During his second term, the French president wants to continue his drive for digital autonomy within the European Union. The aim is to release sufficient funds to create European champions capable of competing internationally.

In Emmanuel Macron’s eyes, digital autonomy is also a security issue: it’s needed in order to protect strategic domains and infrastructures. The French head of state favours the establishment of a “European cloud”. Paris also intends to support the deployment of a constellation of telecommunications satellites. These low-earth orbit devices would put an end to the existence of unconnected communication “dead” zones, as well as ensuring the security of networks.

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The European Union is in the midst of a geopolitical confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, a conflict that is seen as an existential threat to liberal democracy and the European values.

Besides dealing with a war next door, the EU is battling a series of pressing challenges with no easy answers: a post-pandemic recovery, a costly energy transition, a quest for digital relevance and a nascent defence union are among the top priorities for the 27 member states.

With Angela Merkel out of the picture, Macron is favoured to enjoy an even more prominent and influential voice around the EU table.

So what is Brussels expecting from the French leader?

In partnership with Debating Europe, Euronews gathered five Members of the European Parliament to discuss what the president’s second term might mean for the EU’s immediate future.

Moderated by Stefan Grobe, the debate featured MEPs Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew Europe, France), Petros Kokkalis (The Left, Greece), Delara Burkhardt (S&D, Germany), Witold Waszczykowski (ECR, Poland) and Marco Campomenosi (ID, Italy).

Watch the video above to find out what the MEPs expect from Emmanuel Macron.

Euronews Debates at the European Parliament

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MEPs Delara Burkhardt (S&D, Germany), Petros Kokkalis (The Left, Greece) and Marco Campomenosi (ID, Italy)..

Philippe BUISSIN/European Union 2022 – Source : EP

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MEPs Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew Europe, France) and Witold Waszczykowski (ECR, Poland).

Philippe BUISSIN/European Union 2022 – Source : EP

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MEPs Delara Burkhardt (S&D, Germany) and Petros Kokkalis (The Left, Greece).

Philippe BUISSIN/European Union 2022 – Source : EP

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Euronews hosted the debate inside the European Parliament in Brussels.

Philippe BUISSIN/European Union 2022 – Source : EP

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Euronews moderator Stefan Grobe.

Philippe BUISSIN/European Union 2022 – Source : EP

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MEP Witold Waszczykowski (ECR, Poland).

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MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew Europe, France) speaking with Euronews moderator Stefan Grobe.

Philippe BUISSIN/European Union 2022 – Source : EP

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Caroline Will from Debating Europe.

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MEPs discussed Emmanuel Macron’s electoral victory against Marine Le Pen.

Philippe BUISSIN/European Union 2022 – Source : EP

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Macron vowed to give a more social face to his second five-year term. “In the poorest neighbourhoods, whether in the cities or in rural areas, we must really recreate the conditions for real and effective equality of opportunity,” promised the president.

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