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„Europe should not try to plan the future, but should concentrate on enabling innovation“
Leonhard Birnbaum, Member of the Executive Board, E.ON
Integration
Mario Monti: Can national politics still sustain European integration?
Integration is in crisis, and not just in Europe. We have come to the point where we have to ask a fundamental question: do Western democratic systems still have the vision and the energy to support political integration? Look at national debates, for instance over Scotland or Catalonia. Look at global issues, too, like trade. …
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Tagged Brexit, David Cameron, Deficits, Integration, Mario Monti, Public investment
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Jens Spahn Explains His Generation’s View of Europe
I am part of a generation that truly lives Europe. It is normal for us to live, to study, to work in Helsinki, Barcelona, London, Paris, Warsaw, or Bucharest. For our generation, Europe simply is part of normality, of everyday life. Can you blame a generation for taking something for granted that, from birth, it …
Jürgen Grossmann: Moment of truth for Germany and Britain
A British exit from the EU would be a desaster for Britain and Germany, and it would profoundly change the nature of the EU. In this essay, Jürgen Grossmann, owner of the steel holding Georgsmarienhütte and treasurer of United Europe, pleads for cooperation between both countries to prevent any such step. He calls on today’s …
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Tagged Brexit, British exit, Cameron, Euro Crisis, Fiscal Integration, Germany, Grossmann, Integration, Merkel, Referendum, Single Market
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Norbert Winkeljohann on What Europe Means
As a global economic powerhouse, Europe is facing constant challenges. In particular, it is the demographic development, new technologies and financial crises as well as the globalised economy with new competitors which endanger the competitiveness of the European economies. Yet we also have incredible advantages in Europe. They arise from the diversity of our cultures …
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Tagged Competitiveness, Currency Union, Demography, Diversity, Fiscal Policy, Integration, Political Union
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Jürgen Grossmann’s Plea for Europe
When you travel the world and you see how complicated it is, for instance, to cross the border between Canada and the United States, you realize how far Europe has come. In fact, the Europeanisation of day-to-day life has made much greater progress than the integration of the political and administrative structures. As citizens, we …
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Tagged Diversity, Institutions, Integration
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