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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-15
CONTENTS
[01] Europe must exist with one face, one speed, or else it won't exist,
President tells CNN
[01] Europe must exist with one face, one speed, or else it won't exist,
President tells CNN
The European Union must exist with one face and in one speed, otherwise
it cannot exist at all, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said in an
interview with CNN and Christiane Amanpour, which was aired on Thursday.
Pavlopoulos was responding to a question about the Brexit and its effects,
and whether it is possible to create a two-speed Europe instead, like
Hungary has suggested.
"Europe will exist with one face, one speed, or it won't exist at
all. Europe cannot be like Janus – to remind you the ancient tradition
of the Romans. If Europe becomes a Janus, it will just be a loose union
of states but then it will have failed to defend the reasons for which
it was created. I remind you why Europe was created: So that we don't
relive the nightmares of the Second World War. And this presupposes a
Europe where there's solidarity and equality," Pavlopoulos said.
"We must defend this and we cannot do that with two gears. You cannot
be a little of very European. Either you're European or you're not."
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