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The serious problems affecting Europe at present are not the result of a simple economic and financial crisis; they come from geo-economic change and a major world geopolitical transition. The collective management of present weaknesses (sovereign and private debt, public deficits and low growth) will lead to results but it is reducing European action and discourse down to the economic dimension alone. It is a strategy of necessity.
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Foucher, M. (2013). European strategic interests: choice or necessity?. In: Chopin, T., Foucher, M. (eds) Schuman Report on Europe. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0451-4_13
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