DEAR READERS, 
 

Social justice in Europe has been facing since 24th February its most severe enemy: war. The Spring 2022 Cohort of ELP is again a special group of Fellows, this time not because of covid, but much more as they must witness a large scale conventional war unfolding in front of their eyes, with all war crimes and atrocities behind the lines. This will necessarily mark this generation. It is simply impossible to look at the map of Europe, to reflect on its history and to imagine its political future without taking into account that peace was just a privileged time on a restrained territory – the European Union – on this continent.
 
The European Common Good is however not restricted to the EU. It must be truly European. The Leadership Fellows are and will continue learning about how social justice can be supported and made functional in the 21^st century amid all the challenges of war, climate change and economic turmoil, resulting in social injustice on so many occasions.
 
Leading with example and demonstrating goodwill is of utmost importance. The ELP is such a programme where Fellows are witnessing leaders of the EU and in parallel, they witness each other every single day. Thoughts and reflections follow on spiritual and practical level. One cannot be a leader in theory. It was made visible more than ever by recent events that we need human and humane leadership based on strong values. Thank you for caring about and supporting the Ignatian inspired ELP in Brussels!