In continuance to the postings on France and Macron; Macron’s France; China and Europe, here's a set of alternative arguments on the Europe strategic autonomy issue as presented by Alfred de Zayas, the renowned UN international law expert.
His view is that the visit of French President Emanuel Macron to China in April 2023 raises not only a question of how Europe intends to position itself in the future towards China and the USA, but also what international law consequences would likely arise from his future behaviour. His view is that better for Europe if Macron could stand firm on his statements and bring them closer to Germany and Italy, specifically:
“The worst thing would be to believe that we Europeans should be followers on this issue and have to adapt to the American pace and a Chinese overreaction. [...] If there is an accelerated flare-up in the [China-US] duopoly, we will have neither the time nor the means to finance our strategic autonomy and would become vassals, although we can be the third pole if we have a few years to build it. [...] We don't want to get into a logic of bloc against bloc.”
Alfred de Zayas further pleads for more reasons, being that
Europe must stay out of the Taiwan conflict; direct involvement would run counter to its economic and political interests. In this context, he talks about the importance of international law and the alarming state of the mainstream media, which make it very difficult to form realistic opinions.
The reposted full text is available - ( a 7-minute read ) - HERE.