What Makes Europe in the World

The world's pace has accelerated over the last quarter of a century, with the end of the cold war, the triumph of free-market economics and the globalization of trade. But this also means that we now live in a very interdependent world, one in which the slightest crisis can impact the entire planet, If Europe wants to help stabilize the global situation, it should start by putting its own financial and economic house in order - and that's what it's doing! If Europe wants to be a real global player, it has to employ its 'soft power', meaning a set of values based on a culture of compromise that is one of the continent's special qualities. Not to mention increasing its economic throw weight and deploying a real defense arm. Above all, Europe must develop a unified vision and actions. Europe is just starting to develop a foreign policy: give it time to come into its own. Adapted from the source document.