On the occasion of Europe Day, May 9th, President Jean-Claude Juncker spoke about the European Union’s future and its current challenges. He addressed the Bonner Akademie für Forschung und Lehre praktischer Politik with a speech entitled “Europe’s end – Europe’s beginning? The EU between crisis and breakup”, where he said: “Europe is losing weight. We are the smallest continent.
Those who do not know how to change these figures will know that the time has not come to divide us into national parts, but rather to stand united.” President Juncker also participated in a Citizens’ Dialogue with the theme “Europe Day 2017 – Which way forward for a better European Future?”, along with other prominent European figures.