
What does the future hold for the EU? How will the EU hold on to the values which are fundamental to the European project? On 17 October 2018 Klaus Welle, Secretary-General of the European Parliament, gave a presentation with the title The Future of Europe, focusing on longer-term thinking, and on the political and societal challenges the European Union (EU) will have to face in the near future. With the EP elections coming up in 2019 he pointed out the numerous external pressures and influences that concern EU citizens, such as globalisation, migration, or economic stagnation. Below you will find the key issues he presented. Subsequently you will find the interview he gave Derek Meijers and Gaston Moonen about the links between the global race, institutional quality, and ambitions and their fulfilment.