Strategy paper leak

Spheres instead of climate: why the EU will initiate a turnaround

Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen: You can't write a document like this without Germany and France.

(Bild: APA/Picturedesk, Krone KREATIV)

Every five years, the EU states set out their overall strategy in a joint paper. At the time, the "Green Deal" and climate change were the irrefutable main concerns. But shortly before the EU elections, a leaked draft of the new strategy suggests a complete turnaround. Krone+ reveals the controversial points in the new strategy paper (see below for the original document) - and why Europe may not be hopelessly lost after all. 

First things first: the document is very much geared towards defense and, surprisingly, barely mentions climate change. Here are the details.