GEOPOLITICAL EUROPE, THE CONCEPT OF EUROPE AS A POWER DIFFERENTIATED INTEGRATION AS A WAY FORWARD, SEEN FROM THE FRENCH GEOPOLITICAL CONCEPT

Abstract

The leaders of EU member states have been frequently referring to "geopolitical Europe". Macron has been actively promoting the concept of Europe as a power since 2017, a vision based on the premise of deep geopolitical shifts and a new reality of big power rivalries on the world chessboard.Nevertheless, France must convince EU Member States that this concept is stable. As a tool for achieving "geopolitical Europe", the French concept of Differentiated Integration will be examined in this paper. An emphasis will be placed on the EU enlargement process.