A korrentour reading

Europe is mortal — it can die, and whether it does depends entirely on choices Europeans make now.

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What Emmanuel Macron actually said

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Emmanuel Macron 25 Apr 2024

My message today is simple. Paul Valéry said, at the end of the First World War, that we now know that our civilizations are mortal. We must be clear on the fact that our Europe, today, is mortal. It can die. It can die, and that depends entirely on our choices. But these choices must be made now.

↗Speech on Europe, Sorbonne, 25 April 2024 (Elysee English transcript)elysee.fr

First recorded here 25 Apr 2024 · How quotes work

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