What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as 'liberal democracy,' 'free markets' and 'Europe' with suspicion.
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We should seek to cooperate with Europe, not to divide Europe to a fictitious new and a fictitious old.
We need to restore democracy and sovereignty in Europe.
Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.
My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict upon the important political issues that separate the two parties in this country.
Ultimate authority in a global system remains with sovereigns. Governments will not have it any other way: politicians face instant rejection from their electorate if they allow transnational authorities to dictate terms.
And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.
We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example.
Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.
We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European partners, to maintain the social character of Europe as much as possible.
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
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