France’s National Assembly has released a 153-page report calling for a fundamental strategic realignment of Europe, urging a shift away from what it describes as “vassalisation” to the United States and towards closer partnership with China.
The document, described by analyst Arnaud Bertrand as “the most remarkable geopolitical document to come out of a major European institution this century,” argues that the European Union’s current alignment has led to diminished influence and poorly protected interests.
The report makes 50 recommendations, including the creation of a “common world currency” to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar, and replacing the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy with a cooperative approach that includes China. Its central proposal is for Europe to achieve genuine strategic autonomy by forging equal partnerships beyond the traditional Atlantic alliance.
Such a move would represent a historic reversal — the West choosing, for the first time since the colonial era, to build an equal strategic relationship with a Global South nation as an alternative to Western-led structures.
Supporters see the recommendations as Europe’s last chance to remain relevant in a multipolar world, while critics are likely to view them as a challenge to longstanding transatlantic ties.
French Parliamentary Report Urges Europe to Break from U.S. and Partner with China
French MPs outline 50 proposals to reduce reliance on the US, including dedollarisation and a cooperative Indo-Pacific strategy with China.
The EU’s current geopolitical positioning — ‘vassalized’ to the U.S., in the report’s words — has led to the EU seeing "its influence diminish and its interests poorly protected."