« Le monde ne va pas s’arrêter de tourner » : une déclaration d’Européens influents

Le vote du Brexit pose de profondes questions sur l’avenir du projet européen. Toutefois, le monde ne s’arrêtera pas de tourner pendant que l’Europe travaille sur son avenir. Des peuples continueront à vouloir entrer, nos ennemis continueront de comploter, les guerres civiles feront toujours autant de victimes.

Alors même que nous façonnons une réponse à la crise interne de l’Europe, nous devons préserver les capacités de l’Europe à concevoir et mettre en œuvre une politique étrangère efficace et à protéger ses citoyens. En prévision du Conseil européen du 28 juin, nous appelons les dirigeants européens à adopter quelques principes de base pour aller de l’avant :

L’unité est la principale force de l’Europe. En ce moment de forte émotion, il est essentiel d’éviter toute action qui sèmerait la discorde entre les Etats membres. Il y a de multiples options institutionnelles pour forger des réponses européennes communes. Mais il ne peut pas y avoir d’adhésion à deux vitesses, où un groupe déciderait pour les autres. Ce serait le meilleur moyen pour œuvrer au délitement de l’Union européenne.
Forger un partenariat efficace avec la Grande-Bretagne sur la politique étrangère et de sécurité fera toujours partie des intérêts prioritaires des autres Etats européens.
La politique étrangère européenne ne peut pas être séparée des besoins et souhaits des populations européennes. Toute initiative pour forger une coopération entre Etats européens doit prendre en compte leurs préoccupations de manière sérieuse.

Les personnalités suivantes ont signé cette déclaration à titre personnel :

Joaquin Almunia, former Vice President of the European Commission
Kostas Bakoyannis, Governor of Central Greece
Juraj Bayer, CFO & Member of the Board, ZSE Energia
Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics
Emma Bonino, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy; former European Commissioner
Stine Bosse, Chairman and Non-Executive Board Member; Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen Business School
Goran Buldioski, Director, Think Tank Fund (TTF); Director, Open Society Initiative For Europe (OSIFE)
Gunilla Carlsson, former Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden
Dita Charanzova, Member of the European Parliament 
Ian Clarkson, Chair, Brightfield Consulting 
Lucinda Creighton, former European Affairs Minister, Ireland
Daniel Daianu, Professor of Economics, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest
Kemal Dervis, Vice-President and Director of Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, Director General and Permanent Representative, European Investment Bank
Andrew Duff, Visiting Fellow, European Policy Centre
Karin Forseke, Co-Chair, Sisters Capital
Jaime Gama, former Foreign Minister of Portugal
Jonas Gahr Støre, Leader of the Labour party; former Foreign Minister, Norway
Carlos Gaspar, Portuguese Institute of International Relations
Teresa Gouveia, former Foreign Minister of Portugal 
Beatrice de Graaf, Professor of the History of International Relations and Global Governance, Utrecht University
Djema Grozdanova, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, National Assembly of Bulgaria
Elisabeth Guigou, President, Foreign Affairs Commitee, Assemblée Nationale
Antonio Guterres, former United Nations Commissioner for Refugees; former Prime Minister of Portugal 
Istvan Gyarmati, Ambassador, International Centre for Democratic Transition
Heidi Hautala, Member of the European Parliament; former Minister for International Development, Finland
Connie Hedegaard, former European Commissioner for Climate Action
Diego Hidalgo, Co-founder of Spanish newspaper El País; Founder of Club de Madrid, CITpax and Founder and Honorary President of FRIDE
Anna Ibrisagic, Senior Partner, ESL & Network; former Member of the European Parliament
Jaakko Iloniemi, former Ambassador
Diana Janse, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Moderate Party
Mary Kaldor, Professor, London School of Economics
Ivailo Kalfin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour & Social Policy; former Foreign Minister
Claude Kandiyoti, CEO, Krest Real Estate Investments
Piia-Noora Kauppi, Managing Director, Federation of Finnish Financial Services
Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the Bundestag
David Koranyi, Director, Eurasian Energy Future Initiative, Atlantic Council
Brigid Laffan, Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
Pascal Lamy, Honorary President, Notre Europe; former Director-General of the WTO; former EU Commissioner
Mark Leonard, Director, European Council on Foreign Relations
Sonja Licht, President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence
Maria Livanos Cattaui, former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce
Miguel Maduro, Professor and Director, Global Governance Programme at the European University Institute; former Minister
Cristina Manzano, Editor-in-chief, Esglobal 
Joseph Mifsud, Director, London Academy of Diplomacy; Professor, University of Stirling 
Hedvig Morvai, Executive Director, European Fund for the Balkans
Alessia Mosca, Member of the European Parliament 
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Professor of Democracy Studies, Hertie School of Governance
Dietmar Nietan, Member of the Bundestag
Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
Christine Ockrent, Commentator and writer; Presenter of 'Affaires Internationales', France Culture Radio
Andrzej Olechowski, former Foreign Minister
Dick Oosting, CEO, European Council on Foreign Relations
Andres Ortega, Author & journalist; former Director of Policy Planning, Office of the Spanish Prime Minister
Marc Otte, Director General, Egmont Institute; former EU Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process
Cem Özdemir, Member of the Bundestag
Zaneta Ozolina, Professor, University of Latvia;
Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, Ambassador of Poland to the Russian Federation
Ruprecht Polenz, former Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Bundestag
Charles Powell, Director, Real Instituto Elcano
Andrew Puddephatt, Director, Global Partners & Associated Ltd.
Norbert Roettgen, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Bundestag
Albert Rohan, former Ambassador 
Jan Royall, Member of the House of Lords
Adam Daniel Rotfeld, former Foreign Minister of Poland
Nicolò Russo Perez, International Affairs Programme, Compagnia di San Paolo
Daniel Sachs, CEO, Proventus 
Wolfgang Schuessel, former Federal Chancellor of Austria
Narcis Serra, President, IBEI
Javier Solana, former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy & Secretary-General of the Council of the EU; former Secretary General of NATO 
George Soros, Founder and Chairman, Open Society Foundations
Andris Strazds, Advisor, Bank of Latvia
Ion Sturza, Founder & Chairman, Fribourg Capital
Hannes Swoboda, former President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament
Reka Szemerkenyi, Ambassador of Hungary to the United States
Anna Terron Cusi, President, InStrategies 
Luisa Todini, President, Poste Italiane
Erkki Tuomioja, former Foreign Minister of Finland
Constantijn van Oranje, Chairman, Start-up Fest Europe; Director for Digital Diplomacy and Macro Strategy, Macro Advisory Partners
Jordi Vaquer, Director, Open Society Initiative for Europe
Andre Wilkens, Author
Stelios Zavvos, Founder and CEO of Zeus Capital Management, Chairman of the Board of Solidarity Now organization
Samuel Zbogar, EU Representative to Kosovo; former Foreign Minister