www.civitas.org.uk: A time for optimism?
Civitas Blog
"A time for optimism?
Jan Zahradil, a Czech MEP, opened his keynote speech at the European Foundation’s conference in November with the statement: “we have a window of opportunity [to reform the EU] starting right now…[because] the paradigm of EU integration has run down”.
He presumed however that reform would have to be evolutionary, rather than ‘big-bang’. But 2007 could be a tumultuous year in the EU. It seems that wherever you turn at the moment there are huge contradictions and differences – if they are ever properly addressed, a crisis (and an opportunity for reform?) may well be looming."
"A time for optimism?
Jan Zahradil, a Czech MEP, opened his keynote speech at the European Foundation’s conference in November with the statement: “we have a window of opportunity [to reform the EU] starting right now…[because] the paradigm of EU integration has run down”.
He presumed however that reform would have to be evolutionary, rather than ‘big-bang’. But 2007 could be a tumultuous year in the EU. It seems that wherever you turn at the moment there are huge contradictions and differences – if they are ever properly addressed, a crisis (and an opportunity for reform?) may well be looming."
