| Author (Corporate) | New Pact for Europe |
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| Publisher | New Pact for Europe |
| Publication Date | 2014 |
| Content Type | Key Source, Overview |
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The New Pact for Europe project was established in 2013 with the support of a number of organisations including the King Baudouin Foundation, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Allianz Kulturstiftung, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, European Cultural Foundation, European Policy Centre, “la Caixa” Foundation, Network of European Foundations, Open Estonia Foundation, Open Society Initiative for Europe, Stiftung Mercator and Svenska Kultur Fonden. The aim of the project is to promote a Europe-wide debate that will generate new thinking about the future of the European Union, gather ideas on how best to address the many internal and external challenges facing Europe and help to close the widening gap between Member States and even within EU countries over the EU’s future. The project aims to develop realistic reform proposals to shore up an EU hit by economic, political and social turbulence as well as global challenges in the form of a ‘New Pact for Europe’. A group of top opinion formers from different EU member states drafted a report laying down different potential strategic options for Europe’s future. This report was published in December 2013 with the title 'Strategic Options During early 2014 this report was due to be discussed at national and EU level at a series of fifty events. The outcome of these debates will then be used to draft a ‘New Pact for Europe’, with the aim of feeding the ideas generated by the project into the work of the new European Parliament and new leadership in the European Commission and European Council that will take office in 2014 after the European elections. The second report of the New Pact for Europe project launched in November 2014 identifies two interlinked strategic challenges faced by the EU: those posed by economic, social and political divisions within and between countries, leading to increased fragmentation; and the growing perception in many EU countries that European integration is no longer a ‘win-win’ for everyone. Proposing a New Pact between Member States and between the EU and its citizens, the report suggests a Pact should be based on three main pillars – an Enabling Union, a Supportive Union and a Participatory Union – and a new grand project as part of a package deal balancing the interests of different Member States and different groups within them. The report is based on the input provided through 50 debates which took place in 17 EU Member States targeting different groups. It aspires to contribute to the debate on how to introduce ambitious but workable and realistic reforms to make the EU more effective in responding to the challenges Europeans are facing. |
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| Source Link | http://www.newpactforeurope.eu/ |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
