by Jean-Michel Rousseau

Recommendation to the Presidency of the European Union

“This is a union of values, of solidarity between nations and people, of not just a common market in which we trade but a common political space in which we live as citizens.” Such were the words of Tony Blair in June of this year when introducing the policies of the British Presidency to the European Parliament. Its recent proposals regarding the EU budget however underline once again the sad state of intra-European solidarity these days.

OCGG Economy Recommendation No 4 (PDF)