Europe needs a revolution... of minds
By Nicolas De Santis F
ollowing the ravages and bloodshed of WW1 and WW2, we Europeans later inherited a Union without much bloodshed or a revolution.
Hence we do not understand it well, appreciate it or value it. We take it for granted, and this is the real tragedy, as our apathy and failure as European people can destroy it and once destroyed it cannot be put back together. By taking for granted the EU, we take for granted peace, human rights and the still unrealised potential of the single market.
Non Europeans value the EU more than Europeans, as they have always looked at it as a miracle of global governance in an uncertain world. The EU, as I have been told in London by Eurasian Economic Commission Minister Tatiana Valovaya, is being emulated by the Eurasian Union and other nations as an example of stability and economic progress by cooperation.
Yes, Europe has been built by statesmen and bureaucrats distant from the citizens and requires further democratic accountability. We all know this. And this is a failure. But don’t national or local governments suffer
14 entrepreneurcountry
from the same problem today? Nobody is perfect. Nationally our politicians use the European Union as they please to their convenience as an instrument of policy or as a scapegoat to win tiny political battles at home while weakening all of us Europeans on a global scale. Thank you very much for your political wisdom. Similarly, as recently shown a weak Europe makes countries such as the USA feel weaker and worried. It’s no wonder really.
We live in an uncertain world but our disunion would make it even more uncertain and dangerous. If our union collapsed or we lost the EURO we can immediately guarantee that we would all independently become weaker and live in totally unpredictable and chaotic environments. Other players in the international scene (fill yourself the blanks here) would move in and take advantage against us in economic, security, environmental, energy and
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60