The EU itself was born of the catastrophe of two world wars, collisions of competing nation-states.
Karlsruhe may conclude that, for European integration to proceed, the EU itself must first become genuinely democratic.
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Indeed, under the pressure of prolonged economic misery and desperation, democracy is arguably eroding within the EU itself.
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The collapse of the single market, which has done more than anything else to knit Europe together, would threaten the EU itself.
This, perversely, has endangered the euro and perhaps even the EU itself.
But if France, one of the engines of the European project, says "Non" this summer, the EU itself would be thrown into turmoil.
Grillo is very definitely anti-EU. Or not necessarily the EU itself, but the manifestation of it which is endless austerity to save the euro.
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Recall, this is what the EU itself said about this tax.
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The EU itself can manage just fine without the Lisbon Treaty.
Moreover a chaotic Greek departure would devastate the country's political life, because Greece would risk expulsion from the single market and perhaps even the EU itself.
As well as providing new internet space, officials in Brussels hope the new domain name will help promote the identity of the EU itself on the electronic media.
Brussels has warned Ukraine that, were it to join this customs union, it would jeopardise its partnership with the EU. Russia itself sees the EU as a source of innovation, but not a model for democracy.
Sweden, France, Germany and the UK are just about on track to achieve the 8 percent reduction to which the EU committed itself in the Protocol.
For good measure he attacked George Osborne, the UK chancellor, for saying (in Mr Schulz's version of what was presumably a private conversation at the Davos economic forum) that he cared less about what the EU committed itself to spend than he did about what the UK actually had to cough up.
For good measure he attacked George Osborne, the UK chancellor, for saying (in Mr Shulz's version of what was presumably a private conversation at the Davos economic forum) that he cared less about what the EU committed itself to spend than he did about what the UK actually had to cough up.
The embargo was lifted last year after the EU declared itself satisfied with measures to eradicate BSE from British cattle herds and the food chain.
Now on Tuesday, Angela Merkel of Germany and Nicolas Sarkozy of France are going to discuss the European sovereign debt crisis, but none of the analysts and fund managers interviewed by Forbes believe anything significant will come out of that meeting to save the EU from itself.
It will only underline the key political question for Britain: does the UK want to stay in the EU but in the outer circle, does it want to free itself from the EU's embrace or will it select to join a more integrated Europe?
Given the European Union's relations with Russia have improved compared to a year ago, the EU may welcome the report itself, but may want to distance itself from the content, says the BBC Brussels correspondent Dominic Hughes.
For Thursday's report to become anything more than a piece of theoretical research, its recommendations will need to be embraced not just by UK ministers and the devolved governments, but by the EU and crucially the industry itself.
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If a new seven-year budget deal cannot be agreed then the EU will finance itself on an annual basis.
Instead of this appalling mish mash of subsidies and regulation that the EU has encumbered itself with for example.
In a wide-ranging package of green energy measures the EU has set itself the target of increasing energy efficiency by 20% by 2020.
Europe's new Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard recently published a paper that set out the arguments why the EU should commit itself to a unilateral cut of 30% by 2020.
It is clear that Russia understands the importance of greater integration with the global economy, including links with the WTO, OECD and the EU and making itself more attractive to both foreign investment and talent.
The EU's global catch of sharks ranks second only to Indonesia, yet the European Commission has committed itself - under the EU Action Plan for the Conservation and Management of Sharks - to adopt the necessary measures to conserve shark species and to minimise waste and discards from shark catches.
The EU has taken unto itself the power to fine a company 10% of global turnover for various market offenses.
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This awarding is well deserved as the EU also constantly dedicated itself to the development of a genuine multilateral international order.
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