This is a time of great anxiety. It’s
a global challenge. It would require global political leadership, men and women
in decisive positions of authority that would come together and would address
the crisis with a single voice. It is not enough to have the G7 or the G20 finance
ministers talking about debt relief and access to tremendous amounts of
theoretical money. It is also not enough to get statements from the IMF, the WB
or the WHO. Even the UN Security Council, if it could agree on a resolution, that
would be good but insufficient. We need the key heads of State and government
to agree on a joint declaration that would be some guide of roadmap out of the
crisis. It would send an exceptionally important message of togetherness,
cooperation and hope.
Unfortunately, we are very far from
such a common position. The world is leaderless and more fragmented than ever.
If we can’t have a global message, why
don’t we try to agree on a common European position at the leadership level? Is
it too difficult to formulate a joint way forward, that would be larger than
just talking about the post-crisis recovery, something of a shared vision about
the kind of European society we would like to build together, after such a unique
test?
The moment calls for leadership that
can unite people and envision tomorrow’s world.
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