This means we need European policies that fix European problems and can serve as an example for others, but that are also compatible with a coordinated global response. This is not only good for the world, it is also good for Europe. Because European ambitions can only succeed if they are part of a larger, global effort.
Perhaps no one understood this better than Jean Monnet, a great Frenchman and a great European of the 20th century. Of course we all know Jean Monnet as one of the founding fathers of what would become the European Union. But what is less known is that he was also quite a global guy.