Table of Content

Preface Wilfried Martens ...... 19 Jean-Dominique Giuliani ...... 21

1. The European Union in the Crisis: between National Imperatives and European Interest

The European Union and Crises : the Albatross Syndrome (Jean-Dominique Giuliani) ...... 23 Germany 20 years after its Reunifi cation: which Role and Place does it Occupy in Europe? (Joachim Bitterlich) ...... 29 Europe and the Need to Decide: Is European Political Leadership Possible? (Thierry Chopin) ...... 33 European Public Opinion and the Crisis: Which Impact on the European Union? (Magali Balent) ...... 39 The Rise of Populism in Europe: Which Answers ? (Roland Freudenstein) ...... 47

2. The Financial Crisis: What Kind of Recovery is Possible?

The Economic and Financial Crisis by the European Union: lessons to be learned : Upheaval and Rescue (Jean-Marc Daniel) ...... 51 Towards a New Framework for Monetary Policy (Jacques de Larosière) ...... 55 An Outlook on the European Budget : From Financial Solidarity to Budgetary Solidarity? (Alain Lamassoure) ...... 61 Europe’s Industrial Ambition (Philippe Camus) ...... 65 The Price of Uncertainty: the European Economy and Speculation (Jean-François Jamet) ...... 69 Filling the Sustainability Gap in the EU after the Crisis (Roel Beetsma and Raymond Gradus) ...... 73

3. The EU, a World Player

European Trade Policy: Countering Protectionism and Dumping (Anne-Marie Idrac) ...... 79 The Common Security and Defence Policy: Decline or Transition? (Arnaud Danjean) ...... 83 8 – SCHUMAN REPORT ON EUROPE

The Europeans, their Defence and their External Action: Structural Disarmament or Strategic Re-Engagement? (Michel Foucher) ...... 89 The European Union and the Threat of al-Qaeda (Jean-Pierre Filiu) ...... 93

4. Interview

Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council ...... 97

5. Overview of Political and Legal Europe

European Voters Confi rm the Decline in European Social Democracy and the Rise of Populism (Corinne Deloy) ...... 105 Elections in the European Union and the Candidate Countries in 2011 (Corinne Deloy) ...... 111 Women’s Europe (Pascale Joannin) ...... 113 Legislative Production of the Union in 2010. “The Start of a New Cycle” (Pierre-Antoine Molina) ...... 123 European Protection of Human Rights in 2010 : Towards a United Human Rights Europe (Olivier Dord) ...... 129

6. The European Union in Statistics (Franck Lirzin and Sebastian Paulo) ...... 135