ABSTRACT
The coming together of Europe is a fascinating and wonderful development. It seeks to overcome the perennial strife between the European nations whose worst manifestations were the two world wars of the last century. It should also solve the ongoing civil wars of long duration and bitterness that still plague this continent: in the formerYugoslavia, Ireland, the Basque country and Corsica. European history is not just a catalogue of belligerent behaviour. Europe can be proud of its achievements in the arts, sciences, and in its way of life. The basis of it all is diversity: a Scot is unlike a Sicilian, a Breton unlike a Bavarian, and an Andalusian unlike a Åland islander, and so on.
