10/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – Belgian Professor Vivian Linssen, Executive Director of the International Multidisciplinary Neuroscience Research Center, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the next European Commission on Thursday 10 January. His plan: to set up "a New Global Governance Infrastructure for World Society Well Being and Quality of Life". Highly critical of the European Union, which he considers to be trapped by citizens' mistrust of it and therefore unable to develop effective policies, Mr Linssen wants the EU to regain their confidence by establishing a dialogue as a first step in "a fundamental mindset revolution, a fundamental educational revolution and a fundamental governance revolution". As an independent candidate, Mr Linssen intends to convince citizens, European political parties and Member States to support his candidacy. See: http://vivianlinssen.eu/ (DG - internship)