If Europe doesn’t take action and put its money where its mouth is, it is likely to end up a Techno-colony. As the Conference on the Future of Europe meets for the first time, participants need to set out an ambitious vision with clear demands. By Omri Preiss and Benjamin Zeeb As the Conference on the Future of Europe Plenary session launches in…
Time to end the veto
The new US president tours Europe, and the need to abolish national vetos on EU policy becomes ever clearer. As Joe Biden arrives in Brussels on his European tour, he will try to meet with the EU. The European side will be represented by Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, two of the bloc’s co-Presidents. The three no doubt talked about…
What is at stake? The Future of Europe seen from Tel Aviv
What I learnt about the future of Europe on a night of exploding rockets in Tel Aviv. I landed in Tel Aviv from Brussels to see family and friends for the first time in a long time, a change of scene from the locked-down capital of Europe. “Get some sunshine and hummus”, they said. “Can you get a vaccine?” they said. On Tuesday evening last week,…
To make sense of the world, we need to be digital learning societies
How we see the world depends on what we know and how we learn. For democracies, our ability to make decisions on crucial issues depends on our ability to make sense of the world together. That is why education and active citizenship are so crucial for the future of a democratic Europe. It’s important to give your eyes rest during the day, a…
The Future of Europe is now
The continent has been in a transformative crisis, and while leaders have wrangled over a Conference on the Future of Europe, citizens organised and took action. What we need now is vision, agenda and accountability. Just a short while ago, we watched a dystopian reality unfold as a mob of white supremacists attacked the US Capitol, incited by a…