Putting the right words in the right order: Reflections on the Report of the Reflection Group, EDCSP Opinion 4, May 2010

The Reflection Group on the future of the EU to 2030 issued its report on 8 May. The Group was established by the European Council in December 2007. It was led by Felipe Gonzalez, former Prime Minister of Spain, with a dozen or so members in total.

The overall tenor of the report can best be described as alarmism leading to a call for renewal: internal and external threats to Europe’s prosperity and social stability are piling up; only a process of European renewal can reverse our inevitable decline................. (see link in title for full article)