My closing speech at the Global Jean Monnet Conference on 24 and 25 November, which brought together university professors of the Jean Monnet Chairs within the Union and in third countries, was as follows:
“Not being a professor but simply a journalist, I seize this opportunity to speak of my modest academic experience and the lessons I have learned from it. The European College of Parma, in Italy, has created a masters degree for young people who, after obtaining their university...