N. 54 September 2010 | Overcoming the financial crisis requires going beyond the Community method
At a global level markets saw Europe as the weakest player, hence the one on the losing side. The real challenge for europeans is to relaunch the project of a european federation, in order to overcome the EU way according to which matters that are crucial to citizens are still in the hands of Member States. To overcome the german fears concerning the financial costs of this operation, we need France to open up to sharing soverignty on security and foreign policy.