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Vision on the future of the European Union
Over the past decade, successive Governments of Flanders have positioned the EU as the first and most important lever for Flanders’s foreign policy. However, the EU’s impact and significance have long since moved beyond foreign or international policy. To a large extent, the EU is also concerned with domestic policy. With this vision, the Government of Flanders wants to increasingly use the EU as a lever for Flemish policy, whether domestic or foreign.
The EU has brought Flanders a great deal: economic growth, stability, access to the single market, room for innovation, social progress and security. At the same time, however, European prosperity and competitiveness are under pressure. Productivity growth is declining in a geopolitically volatile environment, and the EU faces several challenges.
The EU is the policy level par excellence to address challenges that are too big for one federated state or country, or are by definition cross-border. We like to keep policy as close to citizens as possible. However, if the EU can implement more effective and efficient policies than local, regional and national governments, its action is appropriate. This does not alter the fact that careful consideration is required. To retain its legitimacy, the EU must continue to be built from the bottom up.
According to the Government of Flanders, the EU should keep focusing on those tasks where its actions can generate the greatest added value for European actors, from citizens to governments.
The present text sets out the Government of Flanders’s vision on how the EU should move forward in the short and medium term. It is intended to serve as guidance to help the Flemish public administration assess legislative and other initiatives.
Lees de publicatie
- Uitgever
- Publicatiedatum
- Juni 2025
- Publicatietype
- Beleidsdocument
- Thema's
- Buitenlands beleid
