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not just apply to the EU case, but also do developing countries such as
BRICS as you probably mentioned).
Finally, the juxtaposition between the Hanseatic League and the EU does not
entirely follow. The former was essentially conceived as a project for
commerce and market relations. Concerning the latter, my view is that the EU
is a project first and foremost of peace through integration. Fostering a
European civil society would not suppress cultural / national heritages, but
would make every EU citizen aware of its differences, but also belief in
democracy and social welfare.
You can arguably say that our ideas are utopistic and that our policies are an
oversimplified view of the world. But, as Milan Kundera used to say, in a
world built on sacrosanct certainties, progress is dead. Possibility and
desirability of a different society should be seen as a starting point for the
European project which is suffering today from a serious lack of political and
moral principles, and not just an irresponsible and ungrounded thinking.