A truly united Europe in terms of its economy, politics and institutions cannot be achieved unless citizens are united by a shared sense of purpose: transport and telecommunications are two of the most important areas of investment and development for the decades to come, and this is a game that is being played out globally between fierce competitors such as China and the United States – a game that Europe cannot afford to lose.

Georgia wants to pursue the path of the association agreement initialled in Vilnius on November 29, for which the ratification is foreseen in September 2014.

These are the declarations of Georgian Minister for the European Union and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Alex Petriashvili, at a meeting organized by the Institute of International Affairs on “Georgian regional policy and its relations with the EU after the Vilnius summit”.

Ukraine has no plan B, but only a plan A foreseeing the Association Agreement with the European Union. After the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union, this is the second most important step for the country. Strategically speaking, several years have gone by since Ukraine chose to integrate with the EU.

On November 9, Turin hosted the second national debate of Politically EU, an initiative promoted by the Representation of the European Commission in Italy and aimed to support a full and active citizens’ participation on key issues regarding the European Union’s (EU) future.

There are five priorities for building a fairer and more thriving Europe: the single market; a banking union; trade agreements with the United States; investments in research and development; and more streamlined labour legislation. This is the opinion of Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen.

Reforms implemented in response to the sovereign debt crisis affecting the European Union (EU) and particularly the euro area since 2008 have transformed European governance considerably. The crisis is operating a structural change in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), which is primarily aimed at achieving the goal of a European government of the euro. The main goal of the seminar was to analyse this evolution and its consequences on the EU’s institutional and political endeavors.