A Vision for the new Europe

Vision has always dedicated particular attention on Europe and on the future of the constituting process. After the recent transformations of the Union (the enlargement, the new Constitution) Vision is relaunching the project of a European Think Tank Lab.Vision’s Quick Collection “A Vision for the new Europe” Are the referenda signs of an irreversible crisis of Europe? Is the crisis even larger, does it tell of a much wider decline of the entire set of values (democracy, reason, openness) upon which our societies were built? Can we see opportunities and can we divide them from the dangers? How do alternative interpretations of the problem (jobs and competitiveness, stability and welfare, enlargement, efficiency and legitimacy of the institutions) compare to each other in terms of ability to explain? How strong is the relationship between democracy and competitiveness? What kind of constitution do we need in the 21st century and which were the merits and the mistakes of the treaty? What kind of Europe would we imagine if we could redesign radically its mission and mechanisms to deliver? What should be its boundaries, if any? Where should we start in order to seriously engage young, mobile segments of the public opinion in the construction of the new Europe? Can the British presidency be the right opportunity to experiment a new method to push the project forward? After the French and Dutch “no” to referenda on the Constitutional Treaty, Vision’s position paper is a starting point for international contributions on the future of the “European dream”. Each of the article we are presenting is a call for further opinions and ideas.

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