Benjamin Haddad, France’s minister delegate for Europe, speaks in depth with Jeremy Cliffe for 'Agenda Pública'. From the Munich Security Conference, Haddad argues that "European sovereignty depends on its ability to act as a coercive power if necessary", proposes a capital-markets alliance with Germany, Italy and Spain, warns that "there is no reason for joint debt issuance to be taboo", and concludes that "honesty must be backed by strength and power". "Let us rise as a power," he says, and Europe will have "a much more mature and balanced transatlantic relationship."