Spinelli forum stumbles over ‘easy’ questions

Participants in a public event of the federalist Spinelli Group overwhelmingly supported the introduction of minimal social standards at the EU level and the establishment of a common European industrial and energy policy. But the discussions failed to answer how such goals could be achieved.

The Spinelli Group conference, held on the 25 March 2013 in Brussels, had a tongue-in-cheek title - “Federalism explained to children… and to EU heads of state and government”.