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Baldaia, Paulo
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The West must learn to share
In the light of the current global oil crisis the daily Jornal de Negócios calls on the countries of the West to show more solidarity: "The current crisis ... is a crisis of solidarity. The West, which has always needed great quantities of crude oil to fuel its lifestyle, is in an awkward position because other countries now want to lead the same lifestyle and consequently the price of crude oil has reached levels that were unimaginable just a dozen years ago. Ironically it was the West that always talked so enthusiastically about the need to promote economic development worldwide. ... It does not take a genius to realise that the Earth's resources are limited and that an increase in consumption in Asia and Africa can only be made possible by reducing consumption in the West. ... The indignation at the declining purchasing power in the West cannot be genuine unless the solidarity of the West was only feigned in the past. With the rise of China and India ... the West will have to get by on even less because it will have to share even more ... Showing solidarity means sharing more, not having more."
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Political Europe is dead
A unified political Europe is an impossibility, according to the daily Jornal de Notícias: "Europe is accustomed to blockades from minorities, and is once again in a crisis. All it takes is a country with one percent of the European population to reject the Reform Treaty, and no one knows what should become of this purely economic unity which, on top of everything else, is stuck in a crisis. The smallest of minorities can block the will of the majority of Europeans, and we call this a democracy? The truth is, on the contrary, that the Irish were the only ones allowed to vote. And democracy means the power of the people, no matter how few. The funny thing is that the European leaders did not prevent so few people from determining the future of all. Our times are determined by blockades and minorities. Political Europe does not exist, and never did. And the economic and social Europe is a failure."
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