Europe, a long-awaited goal too precious to lose

30 Jan 2016
Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork


"A day will come when you, France... you, Russia... you, Italy... you, England... you, Germany... all you nations of this continent, without losing your distinctive qualities and your glorious individuality, you will meld into a superior unity, and you will form the European brotherhood [...] A day will come when there will be no more battlefields, as markets open up for trade, and minds open up to ideas."

"Un jour viendra où vous France, vous Russie, vous Italie, vous Angleterre, vous Allemagne, vous toutes, nations du continent, sans perdre vos qualités distinctes et votre glorieuse individualité, vous vous fondrez étroitement dans une unité supérieure, et vous constituerez la fraternité européenne [...] Un jour viendra où il n'y aura plus d'autres champs de bataille que les marchés s'ouvrant au commerce et les esprits s'ouvrant aux idées."

Victor Hugo, 1849

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