A pessimistic MEP on the future of CSDP

(BRUSSELS2) Member of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Ioan Mircea Pascu did not hide, in Berlin, his pessimism about "The future of the common security and defense policy". “The crisis has brought the threat closer to us, at a time when we are starting to be more selfish and more focused on our internal problems. I think we should review the importance of traditional threats, such as aggression, and focus more attention on more sophisticated threats such as cyber-attacks, climate change or others. » he explained to the listeners of the 10th Congress of European Security and Defense Policy.

The light of a dying star

For the Socialist MEP, the " European security and defense policy was born in response to the weaknesses of the European response in the former Yugoslavia. Then we wanted to be on an equal footing with NATO and not a tool for our real challenges. Et the tools we plan for today seem less and less relevant to the problems we face now. And, we are now in the midst of a deep and persistent crisis”. For Ioan Mircea Pascu “ The impressive current deployment, particularly in Afghanistan, seems like the light of a dying star, if not already dead. he explains. " The counter-piracy mission in the Indian Ocean can be interpreted rather as a substitute for the lack of enthusiasm in dealing with the source of the problem, which is on land. Libya, which was a perfect test for common security and defence, was the manifestation of an unequal interest of the Member States and demonstrated the difficulty of reaching even a minimal common position, so close to our borders. » Close the ban