The European Defense Union Strategic Compass and the Push for a Stronger Semiconductor Sector
The UN Brief interviewed Portugal’s Minister of National Defence, Dr. João Gomes Cravinho
Geneva, 21 September 2021 — Last week EU President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her State of the Union speech in Brussels to a fairly packed European Parliament, given that we are still in a pandemic. Masks were mandated, of course. In her introductory remarks praise for the solidarity displayed by Europe. But solidarity is not quite what the Global South experienced.
Why do we need solidarity?
In the end it is because if you don’t stop the spread in the Global South we will continue to see new variants and upsurges in the North. Solidarity is not the right word. The right words are: economic impact, in order to mobilise the European pharmaceutical industry. The economic impact of the sanitary crisis on the semiconductors sector, on jobs, and its reverberations on political stability.
The economic impact, the bottom line, speak the language that they will understand. Solidarity? Yes, that is necessary, we certainly should have…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to THE UN BRIEF to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.