The European Students' Union (ESU) feels the need to face the current crisis and to foster the student voice of all students across Europe. In this context its main priorities for 2012 will be: (1) Education as a public good; (2) Internal development; (3) Social dimension; and (4) Bologna and European cooperation. It is of great importance for ESU to work based on a strategic plan that spans several generations of elected representatives and establishes a medium-long term base for development. Looking beyond the immediate and the obvious should be a standard for a professional organisation that works for the benefit of its membership and that sees its own responsibility towards its constituencies and the society at the core of its actions. Focus of ESU should be in building a strong dedication to societal advancement by further developing the views and capacity of its membership and by promoting European integration in higher education through building a more professionally oriented and strategically minded union. [For 2011 report, see ED539162.]