Europe's last chance : why the European states must form a more perfect union /
The diseases that plague Europe know no borders. The terrorist attacks in France, the refugee crises of Syria and Libya, the aggression of Putin's Russia and the financial meltdown and sputtering economy are all existential threats to Europe's future that cannot be solved by any one state...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
[2017].
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| Summary: | The diseases that plague Europe know no borders. The terrorist attacks in France, the refugee crises of Syria and Libya, the aggression of Putin's Russia and the financial meltdown and sputtering economy are all existential threats to Europe's future that cannot be solved by any one state alone. Yet in the face of these colossal challenges, Europe's politicians squabble as impotently as they once did in the lead-up to the Second World War. Without drastic action and fresh vision, Europe will slip into parochial oblivion, leaving its allies such as the United States alone against Russia, China, ISIS and other undemocratic adversaries. For Europe, and her American allies, this really is the last chance. But what is the right path foreword for the continent? The answer, according to Guy Verhofstadt, is for Europe to remake itself in the model of the United States of America. The former Prime Minister of Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt is currently the leader of a powerful center-left coalition in the European Parliament, and he has seen firsthand the dismal failings and pernicious stalemates of Europe's leadership. As it stands Europe suffers from the worst of both worlds, with the EU combining the bureaucracy and obstinacy of empire with all the divisiveness and bigotry of old nationalisms. Much as America's sovereign states traded self-government for the security, efficiency and prosperity of a federal government and thus laid the foundation for the immense wealth and power of the United States today, so too must Europe's independent nations accept the mantle of federalism so as to remain prosperous and influential into the future. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 294 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465096855 0465096859 |