"Belgium’s predicament mirrors Europe’s. Official Europe has worked hard to move past nationalism, so..."

“Belgium’s predicament mirrors Europe’s. Official Europe has worked hard to move past nationalism, so that there is no German or French Dream. But there’s no European Dream, either, not yet. So new migrants have no spirit to tap into, as they do in the United States.”

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Jochen Bittner, Can the European Center Hold?

from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/141596003632