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 »The end of pyramidal structures: Relativisation of the sovereignty of the State from above – the European Union (excerpt from Marc Luyckx’ book “Co-creating the new civilisation”)
The European Union is a new level of power to which States are invited to surrender part of their sovereignty in order to exert it together at a more global level—that of the European Union. This is a new level of power above the State. But the EU is neither ...
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 ...
Read More »A Valentine Gift from South Africa, by Michael Kahn
So what is the state of South Africa, twenty four years into the democratic experiment? As with all questions, the answer differs according to who one asks, and where they stand, the latter being understood both literally and metaphorically. Valentine’s Day 2018 witnessed the grudging resignation of President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa ...
Read More »Press Release : The euro, a strategic challenge in the upcoming European Election
Yesterday in Brussels, the launch conference of the Special Review “Euroland at a crossroads” (organised by LEAP with the support of the EIB and the Ceci n’est pas une crise Foundation) brought together about sixty representatives of civil society and political groups on the one hand, and of banks and ...
Read More »Is the Juncker Commission about to know a Bis repetita of the Santer scandal? by Mélanie Lavergne*
The European Union currently is experiencing an unprecedented existential crisis. Brexit, redefinition of the European project, collapse of the structuring transatlantic axis, parties of extremes in renewal of notoriety: They all undermine the Federalist Union imagined by the founding fathers. If all European Institutions are in the line of Eurosceptic ...
Read More »Selected pieces “Euroland at a crossroads” : Philippe Maystadt’s interview (Strengthening the Economic and Monetary Union)
Among the numerous and prestigious contributions of our Special Review “Euroland at a crossroads“, we have the honour of counting one of the last texts by Philippe Maystadt, former Belgian minister, who unfortunately passed away on December 7th last year, during the preparation of the Review. We have wished to ...
Read More »Special edition : Euroland at a crossroads
LEAP and Anticipolis have just released a Special Review entitled “Euroland at a crossroads” consisting of a compilation of complementary views on the theme of the reform of the eurozone, the purpose of which is to report on the vigor of the debate on this reform in order to encourage ...
Read More »United Kingdom 2019: What if Brexit proved to be a success story?
PUBLIC Announcement of our monthly bulletin GEAB (March 2018). Register here ! So far, the media and political analysts have been unanimous: Brexit represents an uncertain and dangerous future only for the UK. Our readers know that we have always been more circumspect about this. Now that the first phase of negotiations has been ...
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