European Unity
Unity of the Union
The main reason for a perceived lack of unity in the European Union is defined by many as the democratic deficit. More recently, arguments about the underlying parliamentary deficit are raising questions concerning the effectiveness, transparency and openness of the international debate. Interaction between individuals, markets and institutions become widely discussed. Compare: the Nobel Prize in Economics, 2007.
European position
Since World War II there was only one real global change: the energy transition from coal to natural gas of 1963, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, which was the groundwork for the world-wide dimension of the economic energy fundamentals coupled with the international monetary Bretton Woods system we all now have to live by.
Energy situation
The world oil and gas situation being the global architectural mainframe for the international financial markets, energy fundamentals like the linked oil and gas pricing, widely determine risk and securities management derived from the world's biggest public-private partnership P3 between ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and the Dutch government, Gasunie.
World in Transition
Energy transition being locked-in by multinational contracts is the key function for sustainable globalization and responsible development.
World out of balance
The global public-private gap of social-economic instability due to overwhelmingly fast increasing inequality is of major corporate concern and significance and surprisingly swiftly claimed by the largest global players outpacing most jurisdictions. Compare: World out of balance
Global Change
Real global change for effective competition and innovation, sustainable growth, progress and responsible conduct can only be induced by the power of principles layed down in a code of conduct for ethical business behaviour combined with the necessary integrity of public governance. The growing discourse about the hazards of moral fallout related to good institutional governance and corporate transparency is about to settle in people's mind and a sound reason for better explanation so knowledge can be the base for -mutual- understanding and the Right to Know.