Long live the United States of Europe

Abstract:
The global financial crisis is forcing Europe to become an ever closer union. Governments are still balking at the idea and many EU citizens continue to be rather sceptical. Yet the situation calls for a new approach to how we think about and do things. We believe that we need the United States of Europe. We also think that we need to fight for our future. It is surely detrimental to the democratic cause to give people the impression that policymaking consists of nothing more than a set of decisions to which there is no other alternative.