Excellent post, Luca, and I completely agree. I'd like to point out one thing, and to do so I will step gingerly on the mineField. Europeans in general have fundamental pride in Europe, as you note. But European policymakers have often been too willing to mute, censor and even condemn European history and heritage in the name of a multiCulturalism that Europe is not equipped to sustain. This has contributed enormously to the success of the extreme right, in my view. Meanwhile, EU policymakers take pride in identifying Europe with rather abstract universal and globalist values that are good mostly for grandstanding speeches. Add a stagnating economy, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Excellent post, Luca, and I completely agree. I'd like to point out one thing, and to do so I will step gingerly on the mineField. Europeans in general have fundamental pride in Europe, as you note. But European policymakers have often been too willing to mute, censor and even condemn European history and heritage in the name of a multiCulturalism that Europe is not equipped to sustain. This has contributed enormously to the success of the extreme right, in my view. Meanwhile, EU policymakers take pride in identifying Europe with rather abstract universal and globalist values that are good mostly for grandstanding speeches. Add a stagnating economy, and you have a recipe for disaster.
policyMakers, you wanted to write, right?