Ku European Council, atsogoleri adapereka chitsogozo chawo pazambiri zazikulu zandale zakunja, kuchokera ku ubale wathu ndi China, mikangano ku Nagorno-Karabach komanso kupha Aleksei Navalny.. Kum'mawa kwa Mediterranean, tidzakambirana ndi Turkey pazabwino kwambiri. Ndipo atsogoleri a ku Ulaya adandipatsa ntchito yokonzekera msonkhano wa mayiko ambiri omwe angathetsere mavuto omwe akufunikira njira zothetsera mavuto, kuphatikizapo kuchepetsa malire a nyanja, chitetezo, mphamvu, kusamuka komanso mgwirizano wachuma. Timakonda kwambiri njira yolumikizirana koma njira zandale zikuwonekera bwino: ngati zochita za Turkey zitakonzedwanso zomwe zikuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi, EU idzagwiritsa ntchito zomwe ili nazo.
Chisankho chimodzi chachikulu chomwe atsogoleri adatenga chinali kuyika zilango ku Belarus. Palibe kukana kuti chisankhochi chinatenga nthawi yayitali: pafupifupi miyezi iwiri yadutsa kuchokera pa chisankho cha Purezidenti. Owonera ambiri ndi othirira ndemanga akulozerani inut kuti magaŵano pakati pa mayiko omwe ali m'bungweli anali kusokoneza luso lathu logwirizana, ngakhale pa nkhani zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri pa chiyambi cha EU. Mwachidule, kukhulupirika kwathu kunali pachiswe.
Malingana ngati EU yakhala ikugwira ntchito yokonza ndondomeko yachilendo yachilendo, iyenera kuthana ndi kugawanika kwamtunduwu. Kuchokera pakutha kwa Yugoslavia, kupita ku Middle East Peace process, nkhondo yolimbana ndi Iraq ku 2003, ufulu wa Kosovo kapena zochita za China ku South China Sea.
Aka sikoyamba kuti tikumane ndi magawano. Malingana ngati EU yakhala ikugwira ntchito yokonza ndondomeko yachilendo yachilendo, iyenera kuthana ndi kugawanika kwamtunduwu. Kuyambira kutha kwa Yugoslavia, kupita ku Middle East Peace process, nkhondo yolimbana ndi Iraq ku 2003, kudziyimira pawokha kwa Kosovo kapena zochita za China ku South China Sea: pakhala pali zitsanzo zambiri pomwe magawano pakati pa mayiko omwe ali mamembala achepa kapena kupumira. EU kupanga zisankho, kapena kungotaya kanthu.
Zifukwa zazikulu sizili zovuta kunena: mbiri, geography, kudziwika. Mayiko omwe ali mamembala amayang'ana dziko lapansi kudzera mumitundu yosiyanasiyana ndipo sikophweka kuphatikiza njira 27 zosiyanasiyana zofotokozera zofuna za dziko lawo kukhala mgwirizano wogwirizana wa ku Ulaya. Adakhala nduna yowona zakunja kwa Spain Ndakhala mbali zonse za tebulo. Ndipo ndikudziwa bwino lomwe kuti mu Bungweli timakambirana za mzere wamba wa EU, koma tikangofika kunyumba, nduna imayang'ana kwambiri pakuyendetsa mfundo zamayiko akunja, ndi zomwe amafunikira komanso mizere yofiira.
Funso lenileni ndi choti tichite pa izi. Kwa ine ndikuwonekeratu kuti yankho lalikulu la nthawi yayitali liri pakupanga chikhalidwe chodziwika bwino: pamene anthu a ku Ulaya amavomerezana momwe amaonera dziko lapansi ndi mavuto ake, amavomereza kwambiri zomwe angachite pa iwo. Izi ndi zina zomwe tikufuna kuchita ndi ntchito ya Strategic Compass. Koma zonsezi ndi ndondomeko ya nthawi yaitali. Ndipo pakali pano, tiyenera kukhala okhoza kutenga zisankho pamodzi, pa nkhani zovuta, mu nthawi yeniyeni.
Ndipo izi zikutifikitsa ku funso la momwe timapanga zisankho pazandale. Kwa zaka zambiri tagwirizana kuti mfundo zakunja ndi chitetezo ziyenera kusankhidwa mogwirizana, dziko lililonse likuchita veto. Mu ndondomeko zakunja timagwira ntchito kwambiri ndi zomwe zimatchedwa discrete m'malo mosintha mosalekeza. Izi zikutanthauza kuti zisankho zathu zambiri ndizabwinobwino: mumazindikira boma kapena ayi, mumayambitsa ntchito yowongolera zovuta kapena ayi. Ndipo izi zimabweretsa kutsekeka kwakukulu komanso kufooka. Momwemonso, palinso magawo ena ofunikira monga misonkho kapena bajeti yapachaka ya EU yapachaka pomwe kufunikira kwa mgwirizano wapangitsanso zovuta zazikulu kupeza mayankho oyenerera.
Kusiyana kumeneku kuli ndi madera a EU, kuchokera kumsika umodzi kupita ku nyengo kupita ku kusamuka, kumene EU ikhoza kutenga zisankho ndi anthu ambiri oyenerera (55% ya mayiko omwe ali mamembala ndi 65% ya anthu). Ndipo chofunikira kwambiri, malamulo amsika kapena zolinga zanyengo sizinthu zachiwiri zosakhudzidwa pang'ono. Zowonadi, zofuna zazikulu zamayiko zili pachiwopsezo, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimasemphana ndi mfundo zakunja.
Chofunikira mu EU si momwe zokambirana zimayambira; chofunika ndi momwe zimathera.
Kuphatikiza apo, ndizodabwitsa kuti ngakhale m'malo omwe EU imatha kupanga zisankho ndi QMV, sichoncho. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa chikhalidwe cha kalabu ndichogwirira ntchito zosagwirizana, zomwe aliyense angagule. Koma pa izi, mayiko onse omwe ali mamembala akuyenera kusuntha ndikuyika ndalama mu umodzi. Kungokhala pampando kumapangitsa kuti anthu asatseke. Ndipo m'lingaliro lenilenili, kukhala ndi njira ya QMV ndikofunikira: osagwiritsa ntchito koma kupanga chilimbikitso kuti mayiko omwe ali mamembala asamuke kusaka chifukwa chogwirizana. Umu ndi momwe, kunja kwa mfundo zakunja, EU ingatengere zisankho pamitu yofunika kwambiri yomwe ili pachiwopsezo chachikulu, ngakhale mayiko omwe ali mamembala agawika. Chofunikira mu EU si momwe zokambirana zimayambira; chofunika ndi momwe zimathera.
Kumayambiriro kwa udindo wanga ndinatsutsa kuti ngati, mu ndondomeko yachilendo, tikufuna kuthawa kufa ziwalo ndi kuchedwa kwa lamulo logwirizana, tiyenera kulingalira za kutenga zisankho popanda kufunikira mgwirizano wonse wa 27. Ndipo mu February pamene ife adaletsedwa pakukhazikitsa Operation Irini kuti apolisi aletse zida zankhondo ku Libya, ndidafunsa funso Munich Security Council nzololera chotani nanga ku dziko lina, limene likanapanda kutenga nawo mbali m’ntchito zankhondo zapamadzi chifukwa liribe gulu lankhondo, kuletsa lina 26 kupita patsogolo.
Tinene momveka bwino: sitikhala ndi mavoti ambiri pagulu lonse. Koma wina atha kuzichepetsa kuzinthu zomwe takhala tikuletsedwa pafupipafupi m'mbuyomu - nthawi zina pazifukwa zosagwirizana - monga ufulu waumunthu mawu kapena zilango. Mwa iye State of the Union , Purezidenti Von Der Leyen adabwerezanso ndondomekoyi (imeneyi inalidi mzere m'mawu ake omwe adakopa kuwomba m'manja kwakukulu).
Kuyambira pamenepo, pakhala kutsutsana kwatsopano pazabwino ndi zoopsa zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi lingaliroli. Mwachitsanzo, a Purezidenti wa European Council wachenjeza kuti kusiya kuvomereza kuti agwirizane kukhoza kutaya kuvomerezeka ndi kugula komwe kumafunika pokwaniritsa zisankho zilizonse. Izi ndi zosakayikitsa, nkhani yofunika. ena anena kuti chivomerezo cha dziko ndi 'ndondomeko ya inshuwaransi kapena ngozi yadzidzidzi' kuteteza makamaka kuthekera kwa mayiko ang'onoang'ono kuti ateteze zofuna zawo zazikulu za dziko (maiko akuluakulu sangafunenso veto kuti ateteze zofuna zawo zazikulu za dziko).
Kusiya lamulo logwirizana sikungakhale chipolopolo chasiliva. Koma tikuyenera kupanga zolimbikitsa zoyenera kuti mayiko omwe ali mamembala asonkhane. Kungopempha kufunikira kwa mgwirizano sikokwanira.
Ndikulandira mtsutso uwu. Ndikuwonekeratu kuti kusiya lamulo logwirizana sikungakhale chipolopolo chasiliva. Koma tikufunika kukambirana za momwe tingapangire zolimbikitsa zoyenera kuti mayiko omwe ali mamembala asonkhane. Kungopempha kufunikira kwa mgwirizano sikokwanira. Zosankha zomwe timapanga komanso zodalirika, zimatengera momwe timapangira.
Kupitilira apo, zina zimawoneka ngati zofunikira kwa ine, zomwe ziyenera kuwunikiridwa ndikukambidwa:
Mwina zingakhale bwino, nthawi zina, kuvomereza kupereka mawu ofulumira pa 25 ndi zinthu zabwino kuposa kudikirira masiku angapo ndikubwera ndi mawu otsika kwambiri pa 27?
Mwinanso ndibwino kuganiza osati poyambitsa QMV komanso za 'kudziletsa kolimbikitsa'? Izi zinali zotheka kuti dziko lidziletsa popanda kuletsa Union kupita patsogolo. Mwachitsanzo, umu ndi momwe ntchito ya EULEX ku Kosovo idakhazikitsidwa mu 2006.
Ndipo potsiriza, popeza sitidzasiya mgwirizano pakati pa gulu lonse, tingathe kufotokozera madera ndi zida ndi zida zomwe zingakhale zomveka kuyesa (mwachitsanzo, zilango, mawu, maulendo) ndipo, ngati ndi choncho, ndi mtundu wanji wa chitetezo?
Ndikuyembekeza kuti m'masabata ndi miyezi ikubwerayi, mwachitsanzo mu chimango cha Msonkhano wa Tsogolo la Europe, tikhoza kutsutsana za ubwino ndi kuipa kwa zosankhazi, podziwa kuti pali kufunikira kwakukulu komanso kofulumira kwa EU kuti iteteze mphamvu yake yochita zinthu m'dziko loopsa.
