Talk:European Political Community

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On 1 June 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from European Political Community (2022) to European Political Community. The result of the discussion was moved.

Introduced already in May 2022[edit]

The article currently says:

Macron officially presented the project at the meeting of the European Council on 23-24 June 2022.[1]

However, he already introduced the idea six weeks earlier, on May 10, according to https://presidence-francaise.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/speech-by-emmanuel-macron-at-the-closing-ceremony-of-the-conference-on-the-future-of-europe/. In my view, the brief mention in the June speech contains less detail than the May speech, so I would rather refer to the May speech and use – as the German article does – that date as the starting point of the EPC's history. ◅ Sebastian 07:31, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Participants[edit]

Some half-formed thoughts and questions on how we treat the issue of participation:

List of which individuals attended on behalf of each country would be great if it's been published. If it's anything like the European Council it will have been heads of state where these hold substantive executive power and heads of government for the rest, plus who exactly on behalf the EU? Were von der Leyen and Michel both there for the EU? Anyone else, e.g. Metsola? Were any countries represented by a foreign minister instead of a head of state/government?

Crucial point to make is that this seems intended by Macron and others to bring together just about everyone in Europe regardless of affiliation to EU, EEA, NATO etc, but deliberately excludes 🇷🇺Russia and its close ally 🇧🇾Belarus as the current European pariahs. It even includes two countries that have had armed clashes with each other within the last few weeks (🇦🇲Armenia and 🇦🇿Azerbaijan), and the always messy case of 🇽🇰Kosovo attending alongside 🇷🇸Serbia which still considers it part of its territory (and which some other attendees such as Spain don't recognise either).

Edge cases are the microstates. It's not clear to me why 🇱🇮Liechtenstein (population 39,000) was there but not 🇦🇩Andorra (79,000), 🇲🇨Monaco (36,000) or 🇸🇲San Marino (33,000). Were those three invited but didn't attend, or do they have some arrangement to be represented in foreign policy matters by e.g. Italy for San Marino?

Less surprising is the absence of 🇻🇦Vatican City as a sui generis, and the entities recognised by far fewer countries than recognise Kosovo: Northern Cyprus, Transnistria etc.

Unless I have missed something, the list here is a close overlap with membership of the long-established Council of Europe. CoE includes the three missing microstates, but excludes Kosovo and a separate seat at the table for the EU. Are those differences sufficient to explain why Macron didn't work through this existing institution, and have any journalists or commentators explored this question?

In summary:

Why was Liechtenstein there but not its three comparable peers?
What was the point of setting this up as a separate institution to the existing Council of Europe?
Which individuals attended?

Beorhtwulf (talk) 15:27, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Further to question 1, this webpage indicates Liechtenstein got an invitation as part of EFTA, which the other microstates are not part of. Beorhtwulf (talk) 16:20, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1. Liechtenstein was invited due to EFTA membership. Other microstates were not invited.

2. CoE is mostly focused on democracy, rule of law and human rights. This organization will be focused on security, economy and other related matters.

3. That's a long list. 37.248.224.179 (talk) 21:37, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

San Marino will attend the next summit in Moldova on 1 June 2023 - https://twitter.com/MarosSefcovic/status/1616572585952550912 Dn9ahx (talk) 15:54, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Israel[edit]

I am reading from many sources Israel was invited. I have not found sources that confirm Israel's attendance. Anyone have sourced of confirmation? Erzan (talk) 11:40, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

According to https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2022/10/06/ Israel was not invited. If you take EU 27 + 17 countries listed there, it comes to 44 total, a figure which I have seen in other sources. Selfstudier (talk) 12:07, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 1 June 2023[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 22:04, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

European Political Community (2022) → European Political Community
European Political Community → Deleted to make way for page move

– WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The present-day organization, which is helding its second summit, is undeniably more notable than a failed proposed treaty which never saw the light of day (European Political Community (1952)). Per WP:ONEOTHER, keeping a dab page is not necessary, as hatnotes are already pointing to the correct location. Place Clichy (talk) 15:10, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: pages with content, such as European Political Community, are ineligible to be new titles in move requests unless they, too, are dispositioned. European Political Community → Deleted to make way for page move was added to this request to meet that requirement. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 18:16, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Move per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:54, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Super Ψ Dro 08:58, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.