Revenues would be shared between Member States and the EU (partly reducing national contributions).

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One member shared her experience with JumpStart, a member of the AmeriCorps network, which prepares children for kindergarten and keeps college students in school through the federal work study program.

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"A measure decided in one member state has to be shared in advance with other member states, because when something happens in one member state, it affects everybody else around, " Lagarde says.

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