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On 26 June this year, the leaders of the so called Reflection Group on the future of the European Union until 2020-2030 met at the Ridzene Hotel in Riga.
Its chairman, a former Prime Minister of Spain, Felipe Gonzalez and his deputies – former Latvian President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nokia and Shell, Jorma Ollila considered potential candidates for participation in the Reflection Group, membership of which will be approved by the European Council during the French Presidency.
In accordance with the mandate approved at the European Council, the leaders of the Reflection Group debated the issues of the European Union's future and its prospective challenges in a globalised world. Themes to be reviewed in the Group's final report for 2010 will be decided by the complete membership.
The members of the Reflection Group also discussed developments topical for the EU following the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland and agreed that its negative outcome would not influence the Reflection Group's mandate which does not include the consideration of the European Union's institutional issues.
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