LONDON: What is Europe's future: integration or disintegration? I was invited to address this question at the Central European University in Budapest last month before an audience of 60 newspaper editors from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Naturally, I objected to phrasing. Are integration and disintegration the only alternatives for Europe? There are plenty of other false dichotomies: centralisation or decentralisation; uniformity or diversity; rigidity or flexibility. Or, more dramatically: imperial oppression or national liberation.
LONDON: What is Europe's future: integration or disintegration? I was invited to address this question at the Central European University in Budapest last month before an audience of 60 newspaper editors from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Naturally, I objected to phrasing. Are integration and disintegration the only alternatives for Europe? There are plenty of other false dichotomies: centralisation or decentralisation; uniformity or diversity; rigidity or flexibility. Or, more dramatically: imperial oppression or national liberation.