Bernard-Henri Levy sees Europe as a remedy

In a dual interview conducted by Pedro Garcia Cuartango, the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy discusses the importance of Europe with the Spanish thinker Fernando Savater. "The difference between France and Spain is due to the fact that the two states were not formed in the same manner. In France there is something known as Jacobinism ... . This is a tragedy that plagues French politics. Europe is the remedy for Jacobinism. And in Spain, Europe is also a real remedy for terrorism, fundamentalism, multinationals, ETA and violence. But not the lazy Europe we know today, not the 'why not' Europe, the Europe of markets and the euro. I am referring to the Europe of the people, of civilisations, of rights and laws, anti-terrorism and the enlightenment. That optimistic Europe we lived in during the 1950s and that is now at the point of dying."

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