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"Mr President, you know how over all these years we have kept up a constant and also radical criticism of the way in which this Europe of ours is being forged. I say ‘ours’ because we are pro-Europe, like you. For this reason, rather than just reiterating our criticisms, which are harsh, of the way in which your Commission has acted – criticism of which you are already aware – I will put to you a question on which we can reflect together: where does the European project stand in relation to globalisation? Can we cherish the fond illusion of the excellence of a gradualistic process subordinate to this globalisation, without realising that globalisation is consuming the rights which matured in the welfare states of the twentieth century and is creating new global dynamics of injustice and disenfranchisement? We are, in fact, seeing the return of war, spiralling terrorism, and workers being set against one another – attempts to do this are happening right now in the car industry. In this picture, where is Europe? Is not its very Constitution a step backwards when compared with a constitution like Italy’s, which is founded on work and the repudiation of war; is it not almost an acquiescence to the dictates of globalisation? That is why for us Europe can hold out hopes for a different future only if it can be a real alternative, in contrast to what it has been up until now."@en1
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