Why creating a European sentiment needs • Table.Briefings

By Andre Wilkens and Paweł Zerka (ECFR)

Andre Wilkens und Paweł Zerka — Andre Wilkens is ECF director of the European Cultural Foundation. Pawel Zerka is a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

Creating a sense of European community requires more than a conference, argue our guest authors Andre Wilkens (European Cultural Foundation) and Paweł Zerka of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). They see two areas in particular as crucial, which need to be given special attention.

The Conference on the Future of Europe is coming to an end. On today’s Europe Day its final report will be published and delivered to the presidents of the EU institutions – a result of a more than a year of deliberations among over 50,000 European citizens. Its far-reaching 49 proposals include the end of unanimity voting, introduction of transnational lists, or the launch of Joint Armed Forces of the Union.

Why creating a European sentiment needs more than a conference

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