In recent years I had the privilege to strengthen my friendship with Michel Rocard. I met him when he was Euro-MP and the Near East gave us the chance to work together in favour of peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Since then, we met frequently and held many meetings and Read more →

I have had very few occasions to experience live and direct crucial moments in the history of a European country, except for those lived in my own country. But these days I have had the chance to follow first hand the heated debate that has taken place in the United Read more →

The latest events taking place in Europe concerning the so-called Syrian refugees’ humanitarian crisis lead us to consider that Europe could well be losing its heart and soul. It seems the Syrian war and tragedy were something alien and remote from European life and interests. There is no heart, no Read more →

As member of the European Eminent Persons Group we have addressed this letter, concerning the resolution of the Israeli – Palestinian conflict to Ms Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Read more →

Over the last years, we have heard, and it has been repeated in many forums and in varied locations, that the European Union is at an impasse (the Constitutional Treaty), or that it appears to be in a reverie (Lisbon Treaty and the economical and financial crisis). Funnily enough, the Read more →

The alliance signed in Europe last month in The Hague by French and Dutch neo-fascist parties suggests that left-wing formations and citizen platforms must, in an urgent manner, start developing a lucid discourse for the protection of our democracies and civil and labor rights in the entire territory of the Read more →

Many of us citizens share the view that the European Union has gone from being in an impasse to being in paralysis and that the drifts of our democracies and the European Commission itself have only resulted to date in more political disaffection and euroscepticism. We are aware that a Read more →