The Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament, 2018-19: A synthesis of the speeches by EU Heads of State or Government
This paper concludes a series of four briefings on the Future of Europe debates that have explained the views of the different Heads of State or Government who have spoken in the European Parliament's plenary sessions from January 2018 until April 2019. The first part of this paper describes the overall points of convergence and divergence among the speakers, trends in the topics tackled, and proposals advanced. In the second part, the paper offers excerpts from some of the most significant statements by the speakers, as well as a more detailed analysis of their various positions on the following key policy areas: Economic and Monetary Union, migration, the social dimension, international trade, climate change and energy, security and defence, the next Multiannual Financial Framework, and institutional issues.
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- climate change policy
- common foreign and security policy
- dissemination of EU information
- documentation
- Economic and Monetary Union
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- ENERGY
- energy policy
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- EU energy policy
- EU finance
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU migration policy
- European construction
- European Parliament
- EUROPEAN UNION
- executive power and public service
- FINANCE
- head of government
- head of State
- information analysis
- migration
- monetary economics
- multiannual financial framework
- parliamentary proceedings
- parliamentary session
- political framework
- POLITICS
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS