European Student Think Tank

In the tur­moil of the European fin­an­cial crisis, the pro­ject of European integ­ra­tion seems to have lost its appeal­ing attract­ive­ness. Our politi­cians are not con­sidered to be the lead­ers Europe needs. The European Court of Justice how­ever con­tin­ues to stress the import­ance of the European pro­ject and its approach towards Europe and its import­ance provides some use­ful les­sons for our politi­cians in order to become true leaders.

The European pro­ject is stalling. Some won­der if Europe is up to the task of deal­ing with the cur­rent crisis in the euro­zone, the dis­cus­sion over the Schen­gen Agree­ment, the Arab Spring devel­op­ments and the rela­tion with the United States. His­tor­ian Timothy Gar­ton Ash (author of In Europe’s Name: Ger­many and the Divided Con­tin­ent) is one of them. In the Guard­ian he recently stated that Europe needs a strong ‘Ger­man engine’. Angela Merkel has to show lead­er­ship in order to regain Europe’s momentum.