European diplomacy, dream or utopia? "Nothing is possible without people, nothing is sustainable without institutions" said Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of Europe. And for good reason: without structural power, no policy can be effectively...
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European diplomacy, dream or utopia? "Nothing is possible without people, nothing is sustainable without institutions" said Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of Europe. And for good reason: without structural power, no policy can be effectively implemented over the long term. Would Jean Monnet, the precursor, have dared to imagine in his wildest dreams the role and place that Europe would have to play today? It may seem paradoxical, even unimaginable, to imagine a diplomacy on a European scale, so much so that our continent has been scarred by wars and conflicts over the centuries. And yet, this is the subject to be dealt with and it seems to us that it is more meaningful than ever. I will not give myself up to a methodical analysis of the relations of force that the European Union maintains with other foreign powers because, in all humility, my knowledge does not allow me to do so at the present time. However, like everyone else, I am driven by principles, ideals and a line of
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