Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Austerity need not be Europe's fate.
Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
Europe's younger generation has only experienced austerity.
I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.
Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make.
British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling.
As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.
People are increasingly frustrated that decisions taken further and further away from them mean their living standards are slashed through enforced austerity or their taxes are used to bail out governments on the other side of the continent.
The U.K. and almost all of Europe have erred in terms of believing that austerity, fiscal austerity in the short term, is the way to produce real growth. It is not. You've got to spend money.
I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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