What Greece Tells Us About Democracy
Lemba de Miranda
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Posted 16.08.2012
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UK Politics
The European Union matters deeply but the people of Europe do not want federalism. Not yet, anyway. The beginning of political wisdom is to respect that, back off, listen to the people, and build the Europe they do want, from the bottom up. What is at stake is much more than the European project; it is the credibility and principle of democracy itself.