Europe: Turning to the Union to Respond to Citizens
To deal with the internal and external challenges of a new era, the European Union must reform its institutions: review Member States' right of veto, strengthen the Commission, and take action on foreign policy and security matters, energy, the single market and the economy, social policy, health and immigration—while at the same time considering expansion. This is the only way for the Union to preserve the values of freedom and democracy that underlie European integration.
Enrico Letta, former Dean of the School of International Affairs at Sciences Po Paris (PSIA) and former Italian Prime Minister, is president of the Jacques Delors Institut.
Article published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 88, No. 3, Autumn 2023.