A catalyst role for the Union

Our president, António Vitorino, takes a stand on the main issues of the European Council of 19-20 March 2015 in an interview on the following questions:

• This European Council is going to have to set guidelines for the establishment of an energy union. What are your chief recommendations in that connection?
• Do you think that in order to create this energy union, the European Council should adopt the Commission’s recent proposals “as is” or should it complete them?
• In your view, what are the main messages that the European Council should issue in connection with the situation in Ukraine?
• How can the European Council impart an additional thrust to the Eastern Partnership following the summit in Riga?
• This European Council is going to conclude the first phase of the European semester for 2015. What economic, social or budgetary challenges should it highlight in particular, in your view?