“I still believe we can reform Europe” says David Grosclaude

“I still believe we can reform Europe. It is clear that the current architecture of the EU doesn’t suit our needs” claimed European Free Alliance’s Vice President, David Grosclaude, after a debate on multilevel economic governance, alternative models, new forms of political participation in Europe organised jointly by the Fundación Galiza Sempre and Centre Maurits Coppieters.

He send another strong message: “EU focus should drift from the economy to the people […] We need a democratic reform; to grant more powers to the European Parliament; to create a second chamber, a chamber of the peoples, and a true executive with control over the European Central Bank.”

Grosclaude was very firm about the increasing importance of intergovernmentalism in the decision-making processes at the EU level and claimed that “we need to end with the Europe of the 28 member states […] because they decide without taking Europe’s peoples into account and use Europe as a scapegoat when things go sour”.

He believes the time has come for a “political Europe [..] to protect diversity and to tackle the climate and refugee crises that will require us to act with a single voice”.  Europe needs to set an example with environmental and energy policies as well as a humanitarian welcome for migrants” he concluded, while warning of the dangers of the rising extreme right if Europe would do otherwise.