And the dreamers? Ah, the dreamers! They were and they are the true realists, we owe them the best ideas and the foundations of modern Europe(...). The first President of that Commission, Walter Hallstein, a German, said: "The abolition of the nation is the European idea!" - a phrase that dare today's President of the Commission, nor the current German Chancellor would speak out. And yet: this is the truth.
Ulrike Guérot & Robert Menasse
quarta-feira, agosto 11, 2010
Inovações
Conhecer a história deveria servir para não cometer erros. É que há certas "ideias inovadoras" que têm, pelo menos, quinze anos!
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