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...first time since the Roman Empire, much of Europe is covered under a single currency, and pundits everywhere are commenting on the effect the euro will have on economics and on political integration in Europe. But they are not focusing on one of the most important aspects of the euro—its look...
Gone are the days when mathematicians, authors, musicians and patriots graced the mark, franc, lira and guilder, highlighting the achievements of the greatest persons produced by their motherlands. The euro features bridges in different architectural styles, symbolizing communication within Europe and with the rest of the world, and windows and gateways, which stand for openness and cooperation...
...wing party and big business support. In his first term that Third Way vision beguiled voters, but now they are getting impatient about feeble improvements to their schools, hospitals and railroads. Reform is turning out to be tougher to implement than Blair expected. And he has other troubles: the euro he wants Britain to join remains seriously unpopular, and his government has acquired an entrenched reputation for autocracy and finessing problems rather than fixing them. "We need boldness, grip and follow through," Blair said recently. His countrymen are saying back: We still like you, Tony - but we need results...
...wing party and big business support. In his first term that Third Way vision beguiled voters, but now they are getting impatient about feeble improvements to their schools, hospitals and railroads. Reform is turning out to be tougher to implement than Blair expected. And he has other troubles: the euro he wants Britain to join remains seriously unpopular, and his government has acquired an entrenched reputation for autocracy and finessing problems rather than fixing them. "We need boldness, grip and follow through," Blair said recently. His countrymen are saying back: We still like you, Tony?but we need results...
...moment, though, Muslim political representation is small. With a Muslim population of 800,000, the Netherlands has seven Muslim M.P.s. Britain has only two, and France none. Yet people like Bassam Tibi, a professor of international relations at the University of Göttingen who coined the term Euro-Islam, insist that the integration of Europe's Muslims depends on the adoption of a form of Islam that embraces Western political values, such as pluralism, tolerance, the separation of church and state, democratic civil society and individual human rights. "The options for Muslims are unequivocal," says Tibi. "There...