BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on the contents of the Berlin Declaration to be signed at a summit this weekend, comparisons between the EU and the Roman empire, and two very different visions of the EU’s future.
“In the middle of the very grand room, one of the many grand rooms in the palace, stands a glass case, containing a book of 1,144 pages. In it are both dreams and nightmares, depending who is reading the book.”
I’ve always fancied chancing my arm as a fantasy writer but this is hard fact. For the book is the Treaty of Rome which set up the Common Market 50 years ago. This weekend the European Union will celebrate its big birthday with the Declaration of Berlin, a statement of aims and values.
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