Acknowledging the details need to be resolved, the EU diplomat said, “It will still require some kind of work here and there.” However, in any case, “there is a common understanding that we face major challenges that require us to take action together as a block.”
Reformers unite
Putting historic industry at the heart of policymaking, it makes sense to come from Brussels, according to Sander Trudoer, chief economist at the Berlin-based Centre for Europe, under pressure from unstable US President Donald Trump, expansionist Russian President Vladimir Putin, and ambitious Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“I think Yuko was successful and everything was considered,” he said. “And the leaders are simply working fine at the moment, but there’s still a lot to do.”
Tordoir pointed to the pitfalls of national leaders who support domestic industries first than European joint schemes. “The solution is to build factories elsewhere () with German headquarters as the country that spends the most,” he said.
Brussels reduces pressure, that’s certainly true. Officials of the first committee noted that the camps of two reformers within the executives were fused under more or less under external pressure.
“There were three types of people on the committee,” they characterized them as conservatives, reformers and revolutionaries. “The first said that the EU is okay and we need to adapt rather than change. The second wants careful reforms. And the third wanted everything to be bold. The second and third groups have the same vision.”
Despite the geopolitical upheaval, conservatives continue to insist that things won’t change because of the law, the official complained. “But we’re making laws, so let’s change that.”
