I'm not entirely sure that I follow this argument- there has always been a rich, vibrant and common European culture regardless of political divisions. However people who oppose the political unity of Europe are against a common European culture.
The periods of innovation and cultural exchange within Europe came during an era where political repression was common but political disunity allowed those being persecuted in one juristiction to seek sanctuary in other places. So to use that common history as an argument for a political union (complete with a pan-European arrest warrant) is not much of an argument.
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And ACTA is going through yesterday and today as well.
People like Jonathan Jones like to portray EUphobes as Europhobes when nothing could be further from the truth.
I am a passionate Europhile to the degree that I have no interest in visiting other parts of the world such is my pleasure in exploring the regional variations of our common European home.
In any case he is wrong, the first Europe was not "Christendom," it was Rome which, as a unified entity, had lots wrong with it.
People like Jonathan Jones like to portray EUphobes as Europhobes when nothing could be further from the truth.
I am a passionate Europhile to the degree that I have no interest in visiting other parts of the world such is my pleasure in exploring the regional variations of our common European home.
In any case he is wrong, the first Europe was not "Christendom," it was Rome which, as a unified entity, had lots wrong with it.
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