Unanimity. The initiative of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to define a Programme for Europe on behalf of civil society in the EU is both useful and timely because it integrates a strategy approved by representatives from all social categories (EUROPE 9871). This unanimity is essential. Initiatives from civil society raise a number of concerns and misgivings when they express the interests of a specific category; in this game, the biggest loser is the general interest. All...