Just as the Renaissance helped Europe leave the Middle Ages, the new President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) President, Luca Jahier, is of the opinion that a re-emphasis on culture would now help relaunch the humanist project for the unification of the European Union.
During the EESC plenary session on Wednesday 18 April, during his investiture speech, Mr Jahier stated, “Culture has an enormous untapped potential to become a unifying and mobilising force for...