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Jacques Delors: ‘pessimism is reason, optimism is will’
‘Young people and Europe’ is the reason why this morning’s private and exclusive meeting is taking place in a small room at the catholic institute of Paris. There are around twenty seats and a huge platter of croissants on the centre of the table. All (French) eyes are on one of the speakers, a mister Jacques Delors
jacques delors, students, francia, jóvenes, euweek, european council, europe
When I was at the EU in the seventies...
For Europeans to find courage, we first have to be scared. So far it’s taken three big shocks to shake Europe into life: war in the 40s, an economic crisis in the 70s and the fall of the Berlin wall at the end of the 90s. The financial crash retakes the baton in the noughties. Time for the ‘euro-generation’ to take things into hand
jacques delors, eurogeneration, erasmus, europe, politics, josé manuel barroso
The hills are alive with the sound of Viviane Reding
The EU commissioner for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship ‘comes from the heart of Europe,’ insists former EC president Jacques Delors, as he introduces her to French students at Paris’ political institute Sciences Po. Meanwhile, Reding goes all out to be less bureaucratic than she is
jacques delors, human rights, bureaucracy, roma, paris, france, viviane reding
What the fridge is the European commission?
At the heart of the EU, the recurrent scapegoat of national leaders suffers from the general ignorance surrounding it
jacques delors, eudebate2009, power, roy jenkins, politics, european commission, what the hell is
