Thursday 25 September 2014

Our Collective Interest: Why Europe's Problems need Global Solutions and Global Problems need European Action

As the new EU leadership team prepares to take office in Brussels, four leading European international development think tanks have joined forces to call for a global perspective in European policy-making. They argue that the EU’s ambitions for its own citizens – for prosperity, peace and environmental sustainability – cannot be divorced from its global responsibilities and opportunities. A collective effort is in our shared interest.

This report identifies five global problems which will shape the future of the EU and the world, and where the EU has a comparative advantage to act. Which are these four challenges and how can the EU contribute to addressing them.

Read more and download the report here.

Source: Overseas Development Institute

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