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EU Should Let Reason Triumph Over Fears

Dr. Ali Ettefagh, Highmore Global Corporation | June 18, 2008

Europe has come a long way since the Middle Ages and especially over the last 50 years. ++ The Lisbon Treaty merged all treaties and conventions of the long European construction into a single body, defining and rationalizing the Union and its bureaucracy. ++ In order to exorcise it, governments need to explain the treaty to their electorate and fill the void of education. ++ Eventually, "logic shall overcome emotions," but this can only happen over time: "The binding of commonalities is a process and not a project."    

 

 
 
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