Bronislaw Geremek

Eight of the countries that will enter the European Union in May 2004 were until recently governed by totalitarian dictatorships and enslaved by another nation. The return of governments based on the will of the majority of their citizens seemed for decades an unattainable dream in these countries...

Europe finds itself at a paradoxical turning point. While legal harmonization and constitution-making attest to deepening integration, Europe’s institutions have failed to generate what every political community needs in order to survive and thrive: a feeling of belonging. As long as this is...