3 super-power besides China and the United States. CERNOBBIO — The challenges to security emerging from the upheaval in Afghanistan should be a wake-up call for the European Union, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday, urging the EU to be more ambitious on defense and on global leadership. Article content“Afghanistan is a wake-up call,” he said, adding Europe also faced security threats in the Middle East and in Africa. He added that France will work toward these goals when it takes the rotating presidency of the EU Council, in the first half of 2022. Europe should invest to win the leadership in sectors including hydrogen, the digital cloud, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, space exploration, satellites and bio-technologies, Le Maire said.

Source: National Post September 04, 2021 15:45 UTC