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Fri 07 Jul 1999EU must transform itself from an introvert body into an all-European political project
The Kosovo war should force the European Union to rethink its future. As the new commission chaired by Romano Prodi takes over, it should seize the opportunity to move the EU from an inward-looking institution consumed with an economic agenda to an all-European political project.
"The return to Europe" was a central motto of the peaceful revolution in Central Europe 10 years ago. The reunification of Europe was to overcome the legacy of Yalta and ensure peace, security, democracy and development. While the idea of a "return" expressed an idealised vision of the Europe of values and common heritage, its concrete expression was the desire to join the process of European integration successfully developed in the Western part of the Continent.
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