Balcerowicz, L., (2013), “Europe’s Non-Rhetorical Values”, Project Syndicate, 05 Νοεμβρίου.
The debate about Europe’s future is burdened by misleading and emotionally charged rhetoric, with vague talk of “more Europe” hampering productive discussion about European countries’ real problems. Indeed, beyond the loaded language lie fundamental questions that have yet to be answered convincingly. What exactly would “a federal Europe” entail? Is “European solidarity” a euphemism for the transfer union that Germany opposes, or for massive bailouts by the European Central Bank?
Such rhetoric usually displays a centralist bias, with the pursuit of “more Europe” depicted as the only way that the European Union can compete economically with politically centralized countries like the United States and China. But this confuses economic competitiveness with military power. In order to reap the benefits of European integration, it must be achieved through individual interactions, economic and otherwise, facilitated by the removal of regulatory barriers.
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- Münchau, W., (2013), “Optimism about an end to the euro crisis is wrong”, The Financial Times, 27 Οκτωβρίου.
- Schäuble, W., (2013), “Ignore the doomsayers: Europe is being fixed”, Financial Times, 16 Σεπτεμβρίου.