On 16 April 2020, as part of the deconfinement strategy, the President of LEAP was invited on the TV broadcast “Le Grand Débat” of the 1st Belgian continuous news channel, LN24. She was thus able to express her warning against the rearguard battles that citizens might be tempted to wage. ...
Read More »Online Debate : What will post-COVID-19 Europe look like?
200 people followed live the first “New European Perspectives” debate on “post-Covid Europe challenges” organised by Movimiento Roosevelt, LEAP and CitizensRoute on Thursday, April 2nd. The discussion is available on : In Full or 0.33 : Maria Zei (MR-CR bridge) introduces to the « New European Perspectives » series of online debates 3.05 : ...
Read More »Live-streamed debate : What will post-COVID-19 Europe look like? (Thursday 2 April / 4 pm)
Marie-Hélène Caillol will present LEAP2040’s anticipations on Post-Covid Europe in a live-streamed edition of Movimiento Roosevelt‘s New European Perspectives Lounge on Thursday, April 2nd, at 4 pm. Her presentation will focus on citizen education challenges in a post-Covid Europe. Other speakers include : Marianne Ranke-Cormier, president #CitizensRoute Maria Zei (Supervisor ...
Read More »Citizens’ assemblies to the rescue of the European construction, by Jordi Lafon
Related to the GEAB article, “People’s anger: it’s politics stupid! “1, Jordi Lafon* offers us here an analysis of the hopes and possible risks brought by the democratic experiences of citizens’ assemblies that are multiplying, particularly in Europe. As the European parliamentary democracies continue to run out of steam, new ...
Read More »From European Elections 2019 to Europe 2040: making sure Europe’s nascent democracy serves the interests of the next generations
Joint declaration / AEGEE-Europe, AAFB, LEAP2040 (To the attention of our political & civil society leaders) The 2019 European Elections enter into history as the first signal of ownership of the European project by citizens. The stop to falling turnout proves that the European election will no longer be ...
Read More »Citoyenneté, démocratie, enjeux mondiaux, globalité, avenir… un entretien entre C. du Monceau et M.-H. Caillol
Dans le cadre des élections communales qui se déroulent ces jours-ci en Belgique, Cédric du Monceau, candidat à la Mairie d’Ottignies, mais aussi partenaire du lancement de la CitizensRoute dans sa commune en juillet 2017 et de la publication LEAP “L’Euroland dans tous ses états” du début 2018, et Marie-Hélène ...
Read More »Future eurozone governance : Bringing Europe into the XXIst century, by M.-H. Caillol
In a European Union in great practical and moral difficulty, the eurozone is looking more and more like Europe’s ‘hard-core’ – that has resisted the shocks absorbed by our continent in the past 10 years better than the rest. And this is to be expected: the eurozone is composed of ...
Read More »The euro, a “vector” currency in a multi-monetary system, by Pierre Calame*
Selected pieces of “Euroland at a crossroads“: Excerpt from Pierre Calame’s book “Petit Traité d’Œconomie” published in April 2018 by Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer – ECLM “Until the mid-XVIIIth century, one spoke of eoconomy instead of economy: from oïkos (home) an nomos (law). The oeconomy refered to the wise government ...
Read More »The Trends magazine pays tribute to Philippe Maystadt’s “Euroland” testament
Following the launching event of LEAP’s Special Euroland Review, the Trends Magazine published an article paying a due tribute to Philippe Maystadt’s “Euroland” testament to be found in the volume. “Philippe Maystadt left a testament, via an interview he gave a few weeks only before passing away to Robert Polet ...
Read More »Everything about “Euroland at a crossroads” and launch-conference
On April 23, 2018, at the premices and with the support of the EIB and of the foundation Ceci n’est pas une crise, the launch-conference of our publication “Euroland at a crossroads” took place. Here is a recap of the various texts and documents related to this event: . the ...
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