> The Taz ran an article by Danny the Red (Cohn-Bendit, of '68 fame) calling
> for a European superstate. The highlights are: (1) an EU constitution, (2)
> an expanded European Parliament, (3) reregulation of markets, (4) openness
> to immigrants and immigration, (5) support for Eastern Europe, Turkey, and
> other countries, and (6) continental-wide social democracy. For those who
> can read German, the full text is at:
> http://www.taz.de/tpl/2000/11/03.nf/text?Tname=a0092&list=TAZ_sw&Idx=7
Seriously, though, what's the chance of this? The UK would have a fit - as would would the right in most EU countries. I don't see this being possible through the EU states' parliamentary process.
Anyway, Cohn-Bendit's sights certainly seem rather lowered these days.
Peter -- Peter van Heusden <pvh at egenetics.com> NOTE: I do not speak for my employer, Electric Genetics "Criticism has torn up the imaginary flowers from the chain not so that man shall wear the unadorned, bleak chain but so that he will shake off the chain and pluck the living flower." - Karl Marx, 1844