The European Archipelago:Rebranding the StrategicSignificance of EU OverseasCountries and Territories. ZEI Discussion Paper C255 2019
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2019

On June 28, 2018, the morning before he attended yet another European Council meeting dealing with the highly complex and extensively divisive migration agenda and launching an EU intervention initiative, French President Emmanuel Macron outlined his view of France as a global archipelago. Without really being noticed by German (or outside of France any other European) media, he presented the “Overseas Blue Book” (“livre bleu outre-mer“) in which the overseas policy of his government is outlined