Starting from a point of view where the current European leadership is internationally laughed at and weaken, the continent is facing one of its biggest challenges, besides the safety one, the economic problem and immigrant crisis are present also. The current geopolitics and situations going around the world are putting big pressures on Europeans. Many people lost their confidence and started to doubt their own governments’ leaderships. In a chaos like this one the EU has some options that can help out to save its economy, protect the well-being of its own citizens and restore the power as one of the leading factors in the world.
First, the EU leaders should solve the Ukraine-Russian ongoing invasion; the deal that can possibly bring to a ceasefire should be potentially discussed not only with the US as a major side in the discussions, but also with everyone involved in this, Russia, Ukraine, and even the other “big players” on the political stage that can help out with some creative solution-oriented ideas for a long-lasting peace.
Second, the new administration in Washington DC already is considering a 25% tariff of European imports, and the reciprocal tariffs action-plan proposed by president Trump in order for countries to have fair trading deals with the United States. Europe will indeed have impacts on its economy from these types of actions. The new reality is bringing a new chance for Europe to consider moving into other markets around the world, expanding its diplomatic partnerships and ensuring that the EU’s economy can be saved with the involvement into new international markets.
Third, the EU is not complete without the Balkan countries. The Balkan Peninsula can protect the safety of the continent, with the ongoing immigrant crisis, letting the Balkan countries to join the EU and completing the union with that area, Europe can secure more of its borders and the national safety.
Next step would be that the European Union should not close its doors for countries that have significant influence worldwide, such as the Russian Federation, PR of China, Brazil and others. EU should be focused on making deals with these big powers that can bring benefits for everyone and can let us to enjoy in a more peaceful century.
Although the European Union is considered as a market that has many imports and exports on daily basis, still pushing forward for a continent that can be less independent on some essential goods and services from other countries can bring a more strength into the European economy, such as more support in the agriculture, more support for the manufacturing industry, training professionals, encouraging more EU-made products. Making it a friendly continent that will leave a spot for inside development of our own businesses, with some tax cuts and lowering the prices of the goods and services.
Furthermore, EU should establish a new approach on the worldwide stage, an approach that can let countries to get more familiar with Europe, the European values, beliefs and cooperation with everyone. As for that to be accomplished the Global Gateway Initiative is an initiative that should be continued even with more serious speed, and some upgrades within the initiative. New ideas that can make the initiative itself very strong that cannot be challenged easily in the open competitive market.
Lastly, the European leadership should be taking some steps that can be understood and respected more internationally. As a continent of freedom, keeping the democracy should be one of the priorities, but also moving forward in new methods and tactics that can bring a fresh and new start, in this type of an approach the EU’s diplomatic and friendly components are necessary. Building more mutual respect, more international cooperation, and making slow but smart moves in the chess game, should be a new option for the EU leaders in order to stop with the current wrong and useless ideas, which do not bring benefits to everyone but most importantly to the people of Europe.
Writer: Bojana Jovanovska
欧洲新的全球度假计划？
从当前欧洲领导层在国际上被嘲笑和削弱的角度来看，欧洲大陆正面临最大的挑战之一，除了安全之外，我们还面临经济问题和移民危机。当前的地缘政治和世界各地的局势给欧洲人带来了巨大的压力。许多人失去了信心，开始怀疑自己政府的领导层。在这样的混乱中，欧盟有一些选择可以帮助拯救其经济，保护本国公民的福祉，并恢复作为世界主导因素之一的权力。
首先，欧盟领导人应该解决乌克兰-俄罗斯正在进行的入侵问题;可能实现停火的协议不仅应该与作为讨论主要方的美国进行讨论，还应该与参与其中的所有人讨论，包括俄罗斯、乌克兰，甚至是政治舞台上的其他“大玩家”，他们可以帮助提出一些创造性的以解决方案为导向的想法，以实现持久和平。
其次，华盛顿特区的新政府已经在考虑对欧洲进口商品征收 25% 的关税，以及特朗普总统提出的互惠关税行动计划，以便各国与美国达成公平的贸易协议。这类行动确实会对欧洲经济产生影响。新的现实为欧洲带来了新的机会，可以考虑进入世界其他市场，扩大其外交伙伴关系，并确保通过参与新的国际市场来拯救欧盟的经济。
第三，没有巴尔干国家，欧盟就不完整。巴尔干半岛可以保护大陆的安全，随着持续的移民危机，让巴尔干国家加入欧盟并完成与该地区的联盟，欧洲可以确保更多的边界和国家安全。
下一步是欧盟不应该对在世界范围内具有重大影响力的国家关闭大门，例如俄罗斯联邦、中国、巴西等。欧盟应该专注于与这些大国进行交易，为每个国家带来好处，并让我们享受一个更和平的世纪。
尽管欧盟被认为是一个每天都有大量进出口的市场，但仍然推动一个可以不那么依赖其他国家的一些基本商品和服务的大陆，可以为欧洲经济带来更多的力量，例如对农业的更多支持，对制造业的更多支持， 培训专业人士，鼓励更多欧盟制造的产品。使其成为一个友好的大陆，为我们自己的企业留下内部发展的空间，进行一些减税并降低商品和服务的价格。
此外，欧盟应该在世界舞台上建立一种新的方法，这种方法可以让各国更加熟悉欧洲、欧洲的价值观、信仰和与每个人的合作。至于要实现的目标，全球逍遥游倡议是一项应该继续进行的倡议，即使以更严肃的速度进行，并在倡议内进行一些升级。新的想法可以使倡议本身更加强大，在公开竞争的市场中无法轻易挑战。
最后，欧洲领导层应该采取一些在国际上更能理解和尊重的措施。作为一个自由的大陆，保持民主应该是优先事项之一，但也要以新的方法和策略向前发展，以带来新的开始，在这种方法中，欧盟的外交和友好组成部分是必要的。建立更多的相互尊重，更多的国际合作，在棋局中采取缓慢而聪明的棋步，应该是欧盟领导人的新选择，以停止当前错误和无用的想法，这些想法不会给所有人带来好处，但最重要的是给欧洲人民带来好处。
作家： Bojana Jovanovska
