A prophecy from 1998: "The Euro comes too early"

goldorak · 02-10-10, 07:31 AM

The introduction of the euro was a leap of faith.
A necessary milestone on the road to a truly unified political europe.
We either could have waited for a political process that was never in the coming and then press the issue of a unified currency, or the reverse.
The first road was just impossibile to achieve even to die hard conviced europeans. So the second road was chosen. First europe as an economic entity and then god willing a unified political entity (and this second goal requires as a prerequisite to dismantle NATO). But who knows when.
I already lost hope that I will be witnessing a unified political and military europe within my lifetime.

02-10-10, 07:31 AM	#7
goldorak Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The introduction of the euro was a leap of faith. A necessary milestone on the road to a truly unified political europe. We either could have waited for a political process that was never in the coming and then press the issue of a unified currency, or the reverse. The first road was just impossibile to achieve even to die hard conviced europeans. So the second road was chosen. First europe as an economic entity and then god willing a unified political entity (and this second goal requires as a prerequisite to dismantle NATO). But who knows when. I already lost hope that I will be witnessing a unified political and military europe within my lifetime.