It has been more than two years since the publication of the Letta report ("Much more than a market") and, in September, it will be two years since the publication of the Draghi report ("The future of European competitiveness"). These reports are the two essential pieces of the diagnosis that warned that Europe has been falling behind in the global economy.

The Cercle d'Economia is approaching its annual conferences, increasingly focused on the health of the European project, with a touch of pessimism. In the opinion note prior to this year's meeting, which will be held between June 1 and 3 at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, the entity warns of the "fractures" and "divisions" that risk the Twenty-seven's ability to become autonomous in an increasingly disjointed world.