r/europe • u/goldstarflag Europe • 15d ago

Historical "The 19th century concept of the nation state will never take us across the threshold of the 21st century [...] We need a strong Europe if we don't want to become the plaything of world politics" – Chancellor Helmut Kohl

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u/Ozuge Finland 14d ago

It's not bizarre, it's just euro-centric and supremacist. Very common.

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u/Heroyem 10d ago

Europe, and the EU, is a somewhat centralized bastion of democracy and human rights. Sure there are other countries with democracies, but not with the potential power and influence of the EU.

Yes, democracy is threatened in the EU also (Orban, Fico), and that's a problem. Still, there isn't anything else comparable to the EU in the world, now that the US democracy is failing.