Scoop: An Enlarged European Union in Age Of Globalization - by José Manuel Durão Barroso
An Enlarged European Union in Age Of Globalization - by José Manuel Durão Barroso (President of the European Commission)
The European economy is now the first one in the world. Our democracies are vibrant. In today's world, where the great powers have large territorial and demographic dimensions, size matters. Europe is itself a laboratory of globalization, a successful case of setting transnational rules and standards. I believe that we are better prepared than any other power to propose, not to impose, the organizing principles of the world order that is emerging.
After the enlargement of 2004-2007, the European Union has acquired a continental dimension. In 2007, 27 countries and almost half a billion people are united in a common political project.
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