April 29, 2004

How do you explain Europe to your Children ?

I really liked the question of Klaus Schwab during the second Plenary session today, about The Shape of the New European Union. Klaus Schwab is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.

Question: -How do you explain what Europe is in one sentence to your Children ? My answer after World War Two was easy, "Peace"-

Wojciech J. Kostrzewa, President and CEO, BRE Bank, Poland: Europa is the freedom of traveling and using the same Currency
Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia: Europe is about diversity but diversity is not a very good "glue".
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands : Freedom, Excellence and Solidarity
Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria: it will not be difficult to explain to my sons what is Europe because our children have no complexes heritated from the past, they do not use the rear view window. They are much ahead of us, they have their own definition
Rafael del Pino, Chairman, Ferrovial, Spain: Europe is the place where we can success but it is not quite there yet
Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland: Peace and Solidarity

Here is mine: a dream without enough definition, without a Face, and without proper execution that may come true when you are adults (my boys are 8, 6 and 3 years old).

What is yours ?

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