VISIONS FOR EUROPE

Fifthy years after the beginning, Europe looks increasingly like a trendy restaurant where the queue becomes the primary cause for and consequence of continuing demand. All the while, the regulars, already seated at their tables dining, have become more and more apprehensive as to what is in the sauce. It is among the old members of the club that dissatisfaction is rising: “The service is not as good as it used to be, and even the quality of the food is not what it once was”. Some of the newer members, once inside, have even begun lamenting the lamentable – namely that the place lacks a certain something and isn’t as great as they had imagined while waiting outside in the queue.

Europe seems trapped. Though it grows ever larger it appears in no way ever more united in terms of the depth of shared objectives.

What does Europe stand for? Which of the increasingly more dramatic and less governed problems of globalisation should Europe choose to address? And how can we remind ourselves, as European citizens, that even peace and democracy are not assets to be taken for granted, whereas they are in fact dynamic targets that can be ensured only if we continuously fight for renovating, defending, conquering them?

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