Germanys Federal Minister Joachim Gauck is calling for "european patriotism".
With his first big speech the Federal Minister shows how important Europe for him is.
Gauck has a persuasive power because he himself is persuaded. "The European Union is complicated because she has to achieve something complicated." His speech is a call to every Eurosceptic within or outside the EU.
"More Europe does not mean German Europe but European Germany."
He campaigned for further joint economic and financial policy and more unification in security, defense and foreign policy. He called for Courage in everyone and he is convinced that even if some Euro rescue programmes failed, the whole european project is not questioned.
The sense of community can not be based on the founding myth but on a common canon of values. "We come together for something. For peace and freedom, democracy and constitutional legacy. For equality, human reights and solidarity" he said on Friday morning infront of 200 listeners in Schloss Bellevue.
It is thanks to Europe that the young generation has the values they have. "The first pocket money you received is in Euro, you study at least two languages in school, your school trips go to Budapest, Madrid, London or Paris. No generation before you ever did have this privilege of being able to say "we are Europe". In fact you experience more Europe than any generation before you" he said.
More information; Der Spiegel , Guardian
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