Translated by Quentin Boulanger

Articles de cet auteur (6)

The EU doesn’t work in a transparent way

Many of the decisions taken by the European institutions don’t reach the ears of the pubic or, when they do so, it is only when they come into force. It is a major difference, no doubt about it, with national politics where debates are reported on a day-to-day basis. But does it mean that the (…)

lundi 12 septembre 2011

Delors’ interview from August the 18th : defeatism or wake-up call for conscience ?

“The Euro as Europe is on the brink” said bluntly Jacques Delors, the former President of the European Commission (1985-1994) who initiated the single market, to the Swiss newspaper “LeTemps”. This statement caused gnashing of teeth by pro-Europeans, accusing the formula to put oil on fire. (…)

lundi 29 août 2011

SOS : Europe looks for men of exception

“I tried to do things seriously without ever taking myself seriously" told me Jean Monnet just before his death in 1979. It was a shadow man, haunted by the will to have new ideas and guided by the certainty that nations always have, without knowing it, shared interests” remembers Jacques-René (…)

vendredi 26 août 2011

British Council, Cervantes Institute, Goethe Institute, French Institute : and why not an European Institute ?

British Council, Cervantes Institute, Goethe Institute, French Institute : and why not an European Institute ? On the 12th of July 2010 the French Parliament voted the bill about the State’s external action creating a new industrial and commercial public establishment. The aim of this reform : (…)

lundi 22 août 2011

How complicated is Europe of nations !

Finally the white smoke came out of Brussels’ European summit : Greece is saved according to all observers This version isn’t totally wrong : politics eventually gives the A to the vanes of economics. Those ones were, until now, lost among a wind of rumours blown by speculators. Even if the (…)

mercredi 17 août 2011

Euro-zone crisis : a first step !

The deal reached 2 weeks ago by the heads of State and Government of the Euro-zone is a huge relief both for the economy and for the very idea of European integration. The substance of this agreement gives us a proof that a fast federalisation of our economic policies would allow us to restore (…)

lundi 15 août 2011