After 1992: The United States Of Europe
A British subject born in Eastern Europe summarizes existing European institutions, principally, of course, the EEC, and makes a case for a federated Europe encompassing most of the nations of the continent. He supports the principle of "subsidiarity" (a term coined in 1981 that is now a Brussels buzzword) and implies that the political union "shall only act to carry out those tasks which may be undertaken more effectively in common than by the Member States acting separately."
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Before Europe loses its nerve, Helmut Kohl and Jacques Chirac should disregard the Maastricht deficit targets and declare monetary union between their countries.
European Monetary Union may be an economic undertaking, but it is as much about politics and the prospects for European integration as about pfennigs and francs.
Tony Judt is right to have doubts about the future of European union, but his jeremiad lacks an eye for detail.

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