The foreign ministers of the six founding countries of the European Union are meeting today to discuss the "future directions" of a continent in the throes of profound instability. Three fundamental themes will be addressed during the afternoon meeting at Villa Madama: economic interventions, the terrorist threat and the fate of the Schenghen treaty.
France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Italy, as declared by the Farnesina, will begin a reflection to identify the way to relaunch the work of the EU and proceed towards greater integration.
Bringing twenty-eight countries to agreement will not be an easy undertaking, for this reason it is important that the founding states form a common bloc in order to face the migration crisis, terrorism at the gates and Europe's economic weakness.
The goal is to prepare a reform by March 2017, the month in which the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the birth certificate of Europe, will be celebrated. It will be on that occasion that the Italian Government will present the proposals to amend the treaties resulting from the discussions between the various countries which will open today at Villa Madama.
The Union must change and one of the ways forward could be to create a two-speed Europe. At the base are the countries that have adopted the single currency, the symbol of a more complete collaboration between states.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi also intervened on the issue, stating in no uncertain terms: "Europe is called to change its strategy, otherwise it's over". A change that must aim to relaunch the old continent and its economy. Among the proposals put forward by Matteo Renzi, the need to encourage general growth and a significant reduction in bureaucracy on the part of the European Union can be clearly read. But even the survival of the Schengen treaty assumes capital importance, its suspension deeply undermines the identity of Europe, a danger which, according to the Prime Minister, "we cannot afford".
