Communication in Ministerial Council from the Minister to the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of European Affairs (24.09.18)

Source: Republic of France – Foreign Affairs in French

The President of the Republic has presented to the Sorbonne on 26 September 2017, a project of refoundation of the european for the next few years. These proposals have allowed for a year of major advances in all the key areas of european sovereignty – security and defence, migration, development, digital, ecological transition, strengthening the euro-zone.Out of the 49 measures proposed by the President of the Republic at the Sorbonne, a majority has begun to find a concrete translation.Significant advances have already been registered for that Europe protects its citizens. This is particularly the case in the field of defense, with the tools on radically new that are the permanent structured cooperation, the european fund for the defence or the european initiative for intervention. Proposals key safety, aimed, for example, to make mandatory the removal time of messages inciting terrorism online and to better fight against money laundering, are now taken over by the european Union and will lead in the coming months. On the commercial side, Europe has adopted, as envisioned by the Government, new defence mechanisms and has been able to react in a way that is united and committed to the imposition of u.s. taxes on the aluminium and the steel. The discussions on the control of foreign investments in strategic sectors are progressing rapidly.Europe now assumes an ambition of the environmental and social increased. This is the meaning of the revision of the directive on the posting of workers desired by France in order to contribute effectively to the fight against social dumping, or the resolute action of the Union for the observance of the Paris agreement in the area of climate. Europe is changing to look at the glyphosateet on neonicotinoids and finally becomes more demanding

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