Who Could Fill the EU’s Leadership Vacuum?

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Despite their history of leadership amongst the bloc, France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz don’t seem to have the political clout to trail-blaze on the European level right now. So with the EU facing many challenges, who might step up to the plate?

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Sources:

1 – Work on European integration President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl Europe:
https://european-union.europa.eu/system/files/2021-06/eu-pioneers-kohl-mitterrand_en.pdf
2 – Work on European integration President Mitterand and Chancellor Kohl Europe:
https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/history-eu/eu-pioneers/helmut-kohl-and-francois-mitterrand_en
3 – Kohl and Mitterand relationship:
https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/history-eu/eu-pioneers/helmut-kohl-and-francois-mitterrand_en
4 – EU member states in 1986:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_enlargement_of_the_European_Communities
5 – Jacques Chirac context: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/obituaries/jacques-chirac-dead.html
6 – EU member states in 2004:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_enlargement_of_the_European_Union
7 – EU’s reliance on defence from US:
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240909-the-eu-buys-too-much-defence-equipment-from-abroad-report-says
8 – Meloni-Von der Leyen falling out:
https://ecfr.eu/article/keep-your-frenemies-close-why-von-der-leyen-should-mend-her-relationship-with-meloni/
9 – Spain’s economy rapid growth:
https://www.ft.com/content/eac9c198-1b33-418d-a239-a05538bd0056
10 – “Spain must ditch peripheral role” – Pedro Sanchez:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-council-presidency/news/sanchez-spain-must-ditch-peripheral-role-offer-eu-leadership/
11 – Sanchez defending migration: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/25/spain-immigration-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez
12 – Merz as Germany’s next possible Chancellor:
https://www.ft.com/content/4e9d5120-b97d-47f7-8ed5-7d2f46a6e36e

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