Somewhat to French surprise, British prime minister Liz Truss has not just embraced the idea by deciding to turn up, but has offered to host a future summit
, France’s president, called in a speech to the European Parliament on May 9th for the creation of a “European political community” , to bring together European countries both within theand outside it, even the French hardly dared to hope that it would take shape less than six months later. Mr Macron fizzes with ideas about Europe, not all of which come to fruition.
That so many leaders are attending the meeting is more notable than any expected agreements from the half-day affair. In part that is because of the guest list. Beyond the full rostrum ofleaders, it includes Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a country with iffy economic management that is nominally applying to join the, and Liz Truss of Britain, a country with iffy economic management that left it not so long ago.
Mr Macron’s idea is to create a regular forum for leaders on the European continent to come together outsidestructures. At meetings twice a year they would discuss not just the crises of the moment, from war to energy, but broader geopolitical challenges too. Expect plenty of talk of European “strategic autonomy” in the face of actual threats from Russia and putative ones from China.leaders in a room together is routine. Throwing in 17 more will involve a complex diplomatic ballet.
There is a fair bit of eye-rolling at the whole idea from the European diplomatic corps. Mr Macron did not consult key allies on whether they wanted such meetings; plenty think the EU already has too many of them (not to mention
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