Manifesto CoreNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Europe as a Civilization of Nations
Europe should be a civilizational community of sovereign nations, not a centralized post-national state.
Policy catalogueForeign Policy and Defense
Manifesto CoreForeign Policy Doctrine
Strategic independence rather than imperial ambition, guided by prudence, legitimate national interest and a strong presumption against unnecessary war.
Position
European foreign policy should seek strategic independence rather than imperial ambition. It should be guided by prudence, legitimate national interest, defense of the innocent where realistically possible, and a strong presumption against unnecessary war.
Policy
- Strategic independence in food, energy, infrastructure, medicine and essential industry.
- Opposition to ideological wars aimed at reconstructing foreign civilizations according to abstract political models.
- European nations should possess the capacity to defend themselves and secure their borders.
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- DerivedForeign Policy and Defense
NATO
Restore Europe is sceptical of permanent dependence on NATO and favours greater national and European strategic independence.
- Agreed PolicyForeign Policy and Defense
Military Service and National Preparedness
A strong volunteer military, trained reserves and a physically capable population are preferred to routine universal peacetime conscription.
- Agreed PolicyForeign Policy and Defense
Nuclear Weapons
Restore Europe supports verifiable multilateral reduction and eventual abolition of nuclear weapons.
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