Speaking on Tuesdays: Text to be read for discussion

Here are the discussion topics you have selected in the order of your preference with minor transgressions on my behalf:

Cultural life in Brussels and/or Belgium (20th of March)
Cultural diversity of the staff working at the EI: advantages and disadvantages; national stereotypes: the Americans, the Italians and the French (27th of March)
Happiness (17th of April)
French elections and EU skepticism (24th of April)
Sustainable energy (8th of May)
Current affairs: Arab spring and Greek crisis (22nd of May)
The importance of research as a basic plan for the economy
Less meat production and/or consumption for the environment
External policy of the EU
Why a country may want to join the EU
Multilingualism and the European identity

Speaking on Tuesdays