French President Emmanuel Macron has set out proposals to protect the European Union (EU) from foreign powers ahead of Brexit and forthcoming European Parliament elections.
French President Emmanuel Macron has set out proposals to protect the European Union from foreign powers, cyber crime and political manipulation as populism continues to trouble the region ahead of Brexit and forthcoming European Parliament elections.
"Who told the British people the truth about their post-Brexit future? Who spoke to them about losing access to the EU market? … Retreating into nationalism offers nothing; it is rejection without an alternative. And this is the trap that threatens the whole of Europe," Macron added. The French president's letter comes amid fraught last-minute Brexit negotiations ahead of decision time over the deal, and a few months before European Parliament elections in May where populist, anti-establishment and nationalist parties are expected to perform well.
In his letter, Macron proposed the creation of a 'European Agency for the Protection of Democracies'"to provide each EU member state with European experts to protect their election process against cyber-attacks and manipulation." Macron is well-known as a promoter of European integration and progress towards an"ever closer union'" of EU members and peoples – one of the principle objectives of the EU enshrined in the 1957 Treaty Establishing the European Community .
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