Europe: A Geographic Construct

The notion of Europe as a union of nations is over. It was never a good idea as the people of no country thought of themselves other than as Italian, French or German. (Dare I say Greek?) It was a bad idea, nurtured from false premises by bureaucrats and power-mongers, backed by the usual academics and liberals, those who also love the United Nations above their own country. Nations, like Finland or Spain, are not states like Utah or Florida. There is no national unity between the former as in the latter. And a currency does not unite them. The reverse is true: a currency is reflective, not creative. The continent of Europe is returning to its true self: a host of different nations. Vive la Difference!