Thursday 28 September 2017

MACRON's GREAT INITIATIVE ON EUROPE

It is really GREAT news that the French president has now made a very interesting and operational proposal on how Europe should develop in the months and years to come!

Now his plan is on the table. You can see an English summary on my Europe site here: 
http://www.europe-at-work.be/436865280

Of course, you do not have to agree to everything. This is a vision - a proposal.   Chancellor Angela Merkel and many others have welcomed it.  Just a few leaders do not seem to have understood that now is the time for reforms. 

This plan will now dominate the debate.  We should all contribute actively.   Our NGO initiative EUROPE's PEOPLE's FORUM ( www.europespeoplesforum.eu ) gives everybody a possibility to be actively involved and engaged in this very important work.

Tuesday 5 September 2017

EUROPE MOVING FORWARD AGAIN !

It is great to see Europe moving decisively forward again.  Politically president Macron has given new dynamics with concrete proposals for a stronger Euro-zone with its own budget and institutions  - supported by Merkel and several other Euro-countries.  His new initiatives for the French labour market are part of the same.  The European economy is also coming in better shape. And a number of important European political initiatives such as attacks on the non-European behaviour of Poland and Hungary and of Turkey shows a determined Europe on the move.  In this context the Brexit process is just a sideshow.