"There’s a growing need for more solidarity among the EU member states": Elmar Brok, German MEP, outlines the situation of the debate about the future of Europe, which took place last week in Brussels, and revives the reflections in the run-up to the Parliamentary session of next week in Strasbourg and the EU Council on 14th and 15th December. According to the president of the Commission for Foreign Affairs, "The EU must act unanimously because this is the only way to get to the citizens’ hearts". During the Parliamentary debate, the MEPs and the members of the national parliaments had put forward some proposals about "how to find a way out after 18 months of reflections on the future of Europe". The press office of Parliament explains that "a wide majority of the participants agreed that reforms are essential to enable the European Union to meet the citizens’ expectations". "Many speakers thought that such challenges as energy security or climate change can be won only by reforming the Treaties". These subjects will be resumed in Strasbourg between the Assembly, the Finnish presidency of the Council and the presidency of the Commission.
