We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.
The dynamic of globalisation in financial and economic terms, but also in geopolitical terms, confronts Europeans with a stark choice: live together, share a common destiny and count in the world; or face the prospect of disunity and decline.
We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.
What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.
It's political glue inside Europe to keep it together - the euro is the best thing going for it since the creation of the common market.
There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.
This is what the European Union is all about. A strong market with a strong currency.
Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.
If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you.
The structures in Europe in a globalising economy need to be modernised, need to be more integrated, need to be stronger.
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