http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-europe_constitution/union_2623.jsp Comments for "What the European Union is, Simon Berlaymont " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-europe_constitution/union_2623.jsp <p>The current affliction of the European Union offers a healthy reminder: don’t confuse the symptoms with the disease. The French and Dutch <a href="http://democracy-international.org/12.html" target="_blank">referenda</a> precipitated the crisis, the rancorous Brussels summit that followed embittered it, the cacophonous <a href="http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4033541" target="_blank">point-scoring</a> of national governments as the British presidency approaches on 1 July 2005 is reinforcing it. But beneath the visible wounds and torments is a European body politic that urgently needs serious, long-term diagnosis and treatment. It is time to redefine what the European Union <em>is</em>. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-europe_constitution/union_2623.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-europe_constitution/union_2623.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-europe_constitution/union_2623.jsp#comment europe democracy &amp; power europe: after the constitution Original Copyright Simon Berlaymont Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2623 at http://www.opendemocracy.net