Considering that the process of European integration was initiated by giants of militant Catholicism in politics such as Schuman, Adenauer and De Gasperi, one cannot help but think that at a time of crisis in the integration process, a European Pope is needed. A pope capable of relaunching the integration project, starting by putting the EPP family in order. Too often anchored to a Franco-German and, in general, Germanocentric vision of Europe. A vision that has placed at its center an economic model based solely on exports and an obsession with austerity, forgetting Christian principles. With a foreign policy characterized by a strong retrenchment in the Baltic region and focused exclusively on the East. If the EPP is able to engage in self-criticism, thanks in part to the ECR, Europe will be able to make the leap forward it needs now. Starting with a common defense. To be truly common, it must be based on common investments, not on the budgets of individual states. Otherwise, we will become yet another illusion of what is needed but not yet there.