Although the current crisis forces us to be very
pragmatic in order to survive, it is important to refer to several great contemporary
projects. It is crucial to adapt everything to reality to prevent nostalgia from the past or hallucinations
of the future.
If we refer to the European level, it is interesting to
follow the evolution of five
meta-concepts: deepening European integration, European sovereignty, global
multilateralism, greening and digitalisation.
However, everything must be analysed through the lens of
some major events of 2021: the pandemic
crisis and vaccination; the economic crisis and the recovery plan, and the change in societal culture. The virtual environment is
no longer something marginal, it becomes a fundamental space. It is the
marker by which we organize our lives now and this gives fantastic
possibilities for development not only in times of crisis.
We thus reach the main subjects to follow in 2021 such
as: EU Health Union for a better
coordination
mechanism with member countries, anti-vaccine
movements, the generic question how
the crisis bill will be paid,
Conference of Future of Europe,
suggested to redefine the EU project.
Next year we need to have more accurate answers to
approaches about taxation (also digital tax), the French-German relationship,
especially in terms of industrial reality, for example the Gaia X project; transatlantic
relations; our relationship
with Africa, the link with
the UK, the supply
chain back to Europe and
the defence
policy.
To make the equation even more complicated, two
fundamental variables
will be introduced: elections in Germany
(September 2021) and elections
in France (spring 2022).
Dan LUCA / Brussels
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