Podium: We should cherish the diversity of Europe From a speech given by the head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit to a conference in Berlin

From: The Independent - London | Date: March 17, 2000| Author: David Miliband | Copyright information

THE GLOBAL society is defined, for me, by new interdependence between nations as well as people. Look at international finance, the environment, crime or security: we are joined more closely than ever before. Your problem is our problem. The EU is recognition of this. But the international institutions for the solution of international problems and the management of international crises are weak.

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