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He former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo On Monday he assured that European Union (The EU) is “the only good power visible on the geostrategic horizon” capable of addressing global challenges through multilateralism, in accordance with the recent UN Future Pact.

And around the EU, a coalition of middle powers that will join in this task for the sake of their national interests could be “catalyzed,” according to what he said in a video broadcast at the forum this Monday. Peace in progressorganized in the Spanish city of Barcelona by the communications group Prisa.

In this sense, he mentioned Japan, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, “and at some point,” he added, “some developing country or countries having the opportunity to also join them as a power or emerging powers“. “I’m ruling out India for now,” he said.

“The European Union seems like a suitable candidate to fill the void left by the US for many reasons. What should be emphasized, he argued, is its economic strength, although it obviously needs to be strengthened, its proven regulatory capacity, starting with its commitment to democratic values, respect for human rights and Rule of Lawits strong institutional structure, which has materialized into a remarkable supranational entity.”

And that supranational state “can be emulated in some of its features to strengthen multilateral governance and its proven commitment to agreements and policies to solve global problems,” according to Zedillo, who is director of the center for the study of international issues. Globalization from Yale University (USA).

Logically, to take on this role, the EU “must overcome many challenges, perhaps the most important of which is achieving a new balance in relations with the United States,” he noted.