Draghi has scrapped pro-European fideism
“If European coordination works, great. Otherwise you have to go on your own . This is the pragmatism I was referring to earlier ”. Thus Draghi has carved out three fundamental guidelines to follow when dealing with Brussels. The italics by Giuseppe Liturri
In recent days, the Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, has been reproached by many for an overall lack of communication. In fact, it is understandable the confusion to have passed in a few weeks from the press conferences based on anxiogenic paternalism by Giuseppe Conte, to a diametrically opposite style of communication.
And last night Draghi confirmed that it is better to be silent rather than just talking to breathe your mouth. We talk when we have something to say. Indeed, the silence that precedes serves to give even more relevance to what is said. Otherwise it's all background noise.
“ You have to be practical. European coordination has great added value, which I have always supported, but here, however, it is about health. So if European coordination works, great. Otherwise you have to go on your own . This is the pragmatism I was referring to earlier ”.
We are not at the “whatever it takes ” pronounced in the middle of the spread crisis in July 2012, but we are very close. Indeed, time will tell whether this phrase does not mark the beginning of a Copernican revolution in our relations with the EU.
In three lines, Draghi has carved in stone three fundamental guidelines to follow when dealing with Brussels:
- Pragmatism first of all, therefore no blind ideological adherence . Which, on the other hand, has been the backbone of 30 years of dialogue with the European Union. This institution has always been considered a positive value in itself. All successes have always been attributed to her (even when nonexistent) and, in the face of obvious failures, such as the austerity of 2011/2012 or the vaccine fiasco, the explanation has always been that there was not enough Europe.
- Pragmatism means making a cost-benefit assessment of the solutions proposed to us from Brussels. Are the benefits of European coordination, net of the considerable organizational costs involved in obtaining it, greater than the costs? For us it seems like a novelty. But it is the approach of all the other Member States. The EU is not a fetish to be adored always and in any case. It must be measured and evaluated on every decision.
- And if the outcome of this evaluation gives a negative result for us, what do we do ? If asked for something comparable to the biblical sacrifice of the firstborn, do we bow our heads and obey or greet politely and who do we call out of an institution with obvious design and functioning problems? " Otherwise you have to go on your own, " Draghi replied. Here is the answer that will make those who still idealize the EU lose sleep.
Will our country finally be able to understand that sovereignty – a word pronounced scornfully with a negative meaning – does not exist, but instead there is, indeed, the defense of the national interest, whether it is vaccines or economics?
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/draghi-ha-rottamato-il-fideismo-europeistico/ on Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:57:31 +0000.