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Europe, no hurry, but no pause
No one ever said that the process of building Europe would be easy. Getting over centuries of conflicts which had been usually solved by military means is not exactly the best foundation for a construction. Or maybe it is. The political unit of Europe is a path without return. The geopolitical areas which will be the center of the world politics this century are clearly designed: the United States; China, where every figure is astronomic, with its disciplined labour market and dynamic political and military apparatus in service of an economic development whose beginning we have only started to see; India, a country that entered slowly through the back door, and is already present in every bet for this century’s power; and the European Union.
It is obvious that the heavy strikes the European Constitution has just suffered from French and Dutch citizenship call for the use of that motto saying: “We are at war. We have to think.” Of course it is not an armed conflict, but the fear that for the past two weeks has shaken the fields of Europe really deserve to be given some thinking.
The fear of Turkey possibly joining in unfortunately mobilized more than any other argument taken from the constitutional text in debate. Xenophobia was one of the main bases for arguing against the European Constitutional Treaty.
It is not easy nor logical or evident to recognize that one of the irreversible and perhaps (allow me to use some poetry) most gorgeous effects of globalization is the mixture of cultures, nations and races. Europe, the cradle of civilization, must not be more than an example of integration. It will not be easy. However, considering the European Constitution dead is nothing more than mere newspaper headlines. Nothing more. In order to be reasonable, one must take some time off to reflect. I am sure that some solutions will come out. For now, it is democratic to go on with the ratification process of the different states. Interrupting it now would be a really serious precedent, an almost-Orwellian fact. “All European States are equal, but some are more equal than others.”