On Thursday 27 September the leader of the European Parliament's ALDE Group, Guy Verhofstadt, Malta's Prime Minister and leader of its labour party, Joseph Muscat, the former commissioner and former Romanian prime minister, leader of the Together Romania movement, Dacian Ciolos, the former prime minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi, the political leader of Democrats 66 (Netherlands), Alexander Pechtold, and the director general of La République en marche (France), Christophe Castaner, co-signed an opinion article that was published in several European media, in order to reawaken Europe.
"With eight months to go to European parliament elections in which the citizens of 27 countries will choose the Europe they want, we are launching an appeal: let’s reinvent Europe to finally meet the expectations of its citizens and reclaim the original European promise", they state. And, "in our determination to reinvent Europe, nothing is ruled out.", they say. For this, the six political figures are "ready to reform the EU treaties if necessary", to move forwards despite blockages, each country at its own pace. "We want a stronger Europe and we will stay open to those who want to join us along the way. We are determined to go beyond existing partisan structures if they act as obstacles. We are committed to reinventing Europe together with men and women who lead their countries (...), who are passionate about Europe, and determined to invest in this historic project", they state.
They thus have eight months "to get Europe to wake up". (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)