We are only a
few weeks away from the famous 2020. I say this because many European political
projects have benchmarks at this time, such as the illustrious "Europe
2020" launched by the President of the European Commission in 2010. Even at the level of European student movements I
was launching at the end of the 1990s two initiatives with a horizon of 2020: Education for 2020
and Romanian-Hungarian
Relations in 2020.
2020 seems to
be a more predictable year, in which after the madness of 2019 we can see the
direction of action for the next 10 years. But a possible economic
downturn may throw the EU into a new crisis, and let's hope we are better
prepared institutionally than in 2008.
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In
March 2019, the French President proposed that a Conference
for Europe should be organized in 2020, with the aim of reinventing the
European political project. This initiative can be found in the government's
program proposed by President Ursula von der Leyen, and Commissioner Dubravka Suica is already given the responsibility to develop the
subject.
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The
European political parties have arrived to the moment of analysis, and the end-of-year congresses will give a
first indication of the "positioning of doctrines" in the European
primary elections, spitzenkandidat, but also on the transnational lists for 2024.
Political foundations organize interesting debates and I am glad to be present
this week as a panelist at FEPS Academy.
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European-British relations are to be followed in 2020 with or without a Brexit
agreement.
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The
European Union is taking concrete steps towards a bold environmental policy,
but it is still to be discussed who pays the energy transition bills. The battle for the European budget
2021–2027 reaches its peak.
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Interesting
to know is that we will have COP26 in
December 2020 in the UK.
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To
be honest I do not know what the new rotating
European Presidency of Germany, scheduled for the second semester of next
year, will bring. With a German President at the Commission, with super-influential
German MEPs, with a German business sector deeply involved in European issues…
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Something
to look forward next year is also the EU's relationship with Africa,
the United States - especially since there will be Presidential elections in the fall of 2020, Russia, and Asia.
Dan LUCA / Brussels
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