Nico Cue, a retired Belgian trade union leader vying to become the next European Commission president, appears relaxed.
On the second floor of the European Left Party headquarters in Brussels, he lays out his vision for a European Union he says has lost its credibility.
"There is a form of fear that is installing [itself] in Europe because of this project," he says, drawing links to the impact of austerity measures that ravaged many in Greece and elsewhere.
Born in Spain, hi...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.