In this second and third talk, Belgian politician Herman Van Rompuy continues on his reflection on corona and its impact on politics starting with 'the case for global optimism', meaning that there is a case for optimism and sometimes us human can forget the good things that are happening in our society. For example, 70 years of peace, the existence of a European social market economy is still unique in the world today and protecting us in all kinds of setbacks. So it's not all gloomy. New problems have arisen and of course a crisis is needed in order to correct and avoid further mistakes. Herman Van Rompuy goes on explaining about what should be the priorities to help the countries to recover from the pandemic crisis: "We need to work together to emerge from the crisis in solidarity".
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Herman Van Rumpoy is a Belgian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 2008 to 2009 and then as the first permanent President of the European Council from 2009 to 2014. More recently, in 2018, he was one of the speakers at the John Main Seminar 2018, in Belgium addressing the theme Politics and the management of division.
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