Letta

Next year will be crucial for the future of Europe as three major institutions will see major change.

It will be the first time that a new head of the European Central Bank will be selected, a new European Commission be appointed and elections be held for the European Parliament in the same year, Enrico Letta, former prime minister of Italy, noted on Thursday. 

There is no national solution to terrorism or migrations - they both need a European solution, says former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta.

In an interview for Deutsche Welle, he also revealed he feared there may not be "a Europe" this time next year.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Italian Premier Matteo Renzi laid the groundwork for closer cooperation between the two countries when they met in Florence on Friday for unofficial talks that focused on the issue of illegal immigration.