Wednesday 28 June 2006

We must unite or face irrelevance!

On 10 November 2011, The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, said that if the euro area or the wider 27-country EU broke apart 'it will jeopardise the future prosperity of the next generation.'

He added:

“That is the threat that hangs over us. And it is that threat that guides our commitment to resolving the situation in Greece and elsewhere - provided that those countries play their part as well.

The EU does not promise paradise, but it is… the single greatest achievement of our time. Our best means to use the crisis as AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CREATIVITY OUT OF DESTRUCTION…

The challenge is HOW TO FURTHER DEEPEN EURO-AREA INTEGRATION… The world needs a stronger Europe: MORE EUROPE, NOT LESS… POPULISM AND SOMETIMES EVEN NATIONALISM RAISES ITS HEAD ACROSS OUR CONTINENT, claiming that too much Europe is the cause of our current difficulties; claiming that less Europe, or even non-Europe would bring solutions…

This is ignoring the global realities as well as our common history that teaches us that this continent is simply too small and too INTERDEPENDENT for us to stand apart. To turn our backs to each other…

All responsible leaders must now make the case for Europe. Make the case for STRENGTH THROUGH UNITY. We must engage our citizens in an honest and frank debate about Europe…

We must show our citizens what is at stake. WE MUST CHOOSE THE PATH OF STRENGTH OVER WEAKNESS. UNITY OVER FRAGMENTATION…

We are witnessing fundamental changes to the economic and geopolitical order that have convinced me that EUROPE NEEDS TO ADVANCE NOW TOGETHER or risk fragmentation. Europe must either transform itself or it will decline. We are in a defining moment where WE EITHER UNITE OR FACE IRRELEVANCE…

Just as the founding fathers had a vision of Europe after two devastating world wars, we must also now act with resilience and with vision towards a Europe that is strong but open… Now is Germany’s time to show that it is fighting the cause of a strong, INTEGRATED and competitive Europe.”
Proper little Portuguese threatener, isn't he?

In his younger day, Barroso, was a leader of a Maoist group, calling itself (the Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers/Revolutionary Movement of the Portuguese Proletariat).

That's who's been our boss since 2004.

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