He said that looking at the "broad sweep of history" in the long term "the European integration project" was going to go ahead, "like it or not".

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Lest we forget, Mrs Merkel and her German colleagues are actually much more devoted to that long-term objective of integration than many of those now calling for rapid steps towards it.

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Beyond the possibility of ECB liquidity, the summit could also surprise by addressing necessary, long-term measures toward fiscal integration which are a precondition to give peripheral bond markets and growth a chance to stabilize.

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We are also committed to working together to develop high standard trade and investment rules in the region and promote regional economic integration, consistent with the long-term objective of the APEC economies to develop a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).

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Growth is required to pay for social programs, and social programs that increase opportunity and social integration are the best way to ensure growth over the long term.

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Can such a new system enhance care integration and thus potentially improve the quality of both health and long-term care for those with chronic disease?

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We also look forward to the closing of strategic transactions and to the integration of process improvements that will set the stage for continued long-term profitable growth across all our business units.

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They trade a very narrow conception of power in the international system based on nuclear weapons for a much broader one based on economic integration and development that really brings them much more security in the long term.

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