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Freedom or servitude – Europe faces fateful years

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Published: May 6th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

From Henning Völpel
Henning Völpel is a board member of the Center for European Politics (Cep).

„Our Europe can die!“ – French President Emmanuel Macron onceagain put it this drastically in his recent speech at the Sorbonne. In fact, the turning point – and this is important in order to understand the historical significance of current developments – means a profound crisis of order for Europe, which, in Macron’s words, implies a question of existence.

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