ABSTRACT
The European states took some steps toward a federation and made progress toward prosperity and social development. It could also be argued that it was not at all certain that Monnet's ideas to base a European federation initially on "culture" would have succeeded. All polls show that a majority, even a great majority, of the European public opposes the surrender of traditional institutions and rights of thousand years of history. Globalization demands more European unity. More unity demands more integration. Barroso proposed a "decisive deal for Europe" safeguarding the irreversibility of the Euro. The present mood in Europe may be one of doubt, fear, and pessimism. But such moods have existed quite frequently and they have changed—sometimes for reasons that seem obvious in retrospect—and sometimes for reasons which are not clear at all. But since most Europeans believe that power is no longer very important in the contemporary world, they have accepted this and it is causing no great unhappiness.
