Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.
When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a society with a single model, the Anglo-American model.
'Diversity' is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A 'diverse,' peaceful or stable society is against most historical precedent.
Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today.
Society is unity in diversity.
Europe has such an expansive history.
Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.
Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.
I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.
Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities.