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The European Union has so far given the impression that it jumps from one crisis to another, but in the current situation crisis management is not enough and the EU global strategy should be at the service of each and every citizen, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini on Friday told the Bucharest Forum, an event she attended alongside Romanian Foreign Minister Lazar Comanescu.
The strategy should not just remain on paper - Mogherini cautioned.
She referred to the time the Lisbon Treaty came into force, back in 2009, amidst a financial crisis.
Those were difficult moments for Europe, for our citizens, and everyone was so concerned with that urgency that we forgot to explore the true potential of the Treaty, said the Mogherini, adding that as a matter of fact, the Union has never explored the true capabilities of the Treaty.
Europe has always given the impression that it jumps from one crisis to another. I think we need to realize now that crisis management is not enough. We had to deal with the financial crisis, the debt crisis and security threats (...), yet we need to explore all available tools which are already there, waiting for us to use them, to realize how powerful our union is. We need to understand what works and what doesn't work in the EU, what can work better and what can be changed, she said.
Mogherini also said that that the global strategy must take into account each EU citizen.
When we started working on the global strategy, we knew from the beginning that it cannot be created in Brussels. This is a strategy for the entire Union, for each of our citizens (...). This is also a reflection on what the EU is today, underscored the EU High Representative.
