France Finance Minister: Europe Must Become an ‘Empire’ to Compete with U.S. (TR)

breitbart ^ | 11/13/2018 | Victoria Friedman

[DFG]

France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has called for Europe to become an “empire” to compete with the United States after the country’s President Emmanuel Macron called for an EU army to defend against the NATO ally. “It’s about Europe having to become a kind of empire, as China is. And how the U.S. is,” Mr Le Maire told Germany’s Handelsblatt.

Adding that it would be a “peaceful empire,” the economics and finance minister touted the progressive government’s green credentials, saying that the European empire should “rel[y] on green growth. Neither China nor the U.S., who are leaving the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, are on this path.”

[C19fan]

Bring back the Holy Roman Emperor.

[dfwgator]

Get it on, Kid Charlemagne!

[robowombat]

This is a trial balloon for what would become eventually Eurabia. It is a long time dream of a certain faction of the French right who believe the French can manage to outwit and control the muzzlemen and the rest of the Euros.

[katana]

The German word for an "empire" is ein Reich. Here's a photo of Macron practicing in front of a mirror for his part in the deal.

[SunkenCiv]

Adding that it would be a “peaceful empire,” the economics and finance minister touted the progressive government’s green credentials, saying that the European empire should “rel[y] on green growth. Neither China nor the U.S., who are leaving the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, are on this path.”

That's a complete lie, France missed its targets, and oh, btw, there's no such thing as "green growth".

[SkyDancer]

Texas is almost the size of France and Germany together.

[jdsteel]

...Emmanuel Macron called for an EU army to defend against the NATO ally....

Lol...they won’t even pay for their share of NATO! How are they going to afford something to defend them against US?

[Noamie]

Think of the jobs created by building the Death Star. And then the 2nd one. Gonna be epic.

[trebb]

I had similar thoughts - had a flash that the Holy Roman Empire is no longer....

[SJackson]

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Good luck with that. I thought the EU accomplished that already.

[dead]

That’s adorable, but just keep making the cheese.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: the European empire should “rel[y] on green growth ::

Sacre bleu! Vhere did all zee money go to?
Vill zee immigrants be able to eat zee see-oh-too?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Dude! You blew it!

Should said, “Get along, Kid Charlemagne.”

[Eleutheria5]

It’s an empire, alright. Mediocracy triumphant.

[bitt]

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[Uri’el-2012]

The EU has already let in the barbarians.

They are the walking dead.

[Jewbacca]

A fourth Reich without firing a shot.

Man, they are good at this.

[Bob Ireland]

***France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has called for Europe to become an “empire” to compete with the United States***

Haven't they already tried that three times? 1776. 1917, 1940