Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Jeg dediserer disse tankene om partisystemets treghet til alle som setter sin lit til politikken i håp om å bygge en bedre verden. Livet skapes av de valgene vi tar, det finnes ingen overordnet moral eller ideologi. Selv om du er enig med en gitt ideologi, vil det ikke nødvendigvis si at du er avhengig av den. «Kun en bevegelse, ikke et politisk parti, er i stand til å etablere egne ideer og fremgangsmåter i de brede lag og sette hele samfunnet i sving. Det er her miljøvernets sterke side ligger, i dets evne til å danne en bevegelse.»

In the sweep of human history, the European Union stands out as one of humankind's most ambitious endeavours. It encompasses half a billion people, twenty-seven member states, twenty-three languages, and an economy valued at over $15 trillion. Modern Europe's stunning achievements aside, its sovereign debt crisis has shaken the world's largest political and economic union to its core. Can the federal institutions and shared values of Europeans meet the challenges of debt crisis that are as much political as economic? Or, are Europe's current woes indicative of a series of deep structural faults that foreshadow the breakup and failure of the European Union? In this edition of the Munk Debates -- Canada's premier international debate series -- former EU Commissioner Lord Peter Mandelson and EU parliament co-president of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group Daniel Cohn-Bendit, German publisher-editor and author Josef Joffe, and renowned economic historian Niall Ferguson debate the future of the EU -- one of the most pressing global issues of our day. For the first time ever, this electrifying debate, which played to a sold-out audience, is now available in print, along with candid interviews with Niall Ferguson and Lord Peter Mandelson. As youth unemployment rates flare, currencies collapse, and political alliances erode, the Munk Debate on Europe tries to answer: Has the great European experiment failed?