Breaking Europe’s cycle of enfeeblement

Commentary feature. Leaders must stop stripping the politics out of integration, writes Mark Leonard. The writer is director of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Europe’s leaders must stop stripping the politics out of European integration. Instead of shrouding discussions in legalese, they must engage voters in a debate to reinvent the three big integration projects of the past 20 years: the euro, Schengen freedom of movement and a united foreign policy.

Evenimentul zilei, 28.8.11: Why Hamlet is no euro-federalist (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/889201-why-hamlet-no-euro-federalist

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