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Strengthening Members States' capacity to act in the 21st Century
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The rapid spread of the US sub-prime markets crisis to Europe; the Greek debt crisis; the sudden surge in arrivals of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers sparked by wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan; the wave of terrorist attacks that struck at the heart of several European cities; the UK decision to withdraw from the EU: many events combined to put the European project – painstakingly built up over decades – under existential threat. Confronted with global developments that its existing institutional and budgetary frameworks were simply not equipped to deal with, and faced with widely diverging views among Member States, the result was an image of a Union too often caught off guard, too slow to respond, and in constant crisis mode. And yet, the EU ultimately showed itself capable of the bold policy responses needed to extract itself from the crisis when it really mattered. Europe's economy and society have emerged stronger from these testing times – even if more work is needed to ensure that the benefits are felt by all. The Economic and Monetary Union was fortified, and social considerations now strengthen Europe's economic governance; a more integrated migration and border management policy saw the light of day; and the EU started laying the foundations not only of a ‘Security Union’, but also a ‘Defence Union’. Even if the 'crisis management approach' did not always lead to the most optimal or ambitious solutions, it nevertheless served as a trigger of Europe’s reinvention, opening up a major process of reflection on the future of Europe, culminating in the meeting of European Leaders in Sibiu, Romania, on 9 May 2019 to flesh out a Strategic Agenda for the Union's next five years. A clear conclusion has been that there will be many more challenges of similar scale and complexity in the years ahead, and that no single EU Member State can master them unilaterally.
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- Тemas: Relaciones exteriores
- Tema: clima , democracia , Estado miembro UE , innovación , política de defensa , política energética de la Unión , política exterior y de seguridad común , política migratoria , política migratoria de la UE
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-07887-6 | DOI 10.2872/875838 | Número de catálogo ES-04-19-452-EN-N |
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