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...deal with this? In fact, I think you'll see in these crises two different types of political responses. One, which I would say is a more polarizing and more populist and even scapegoating kind of leadership role. And one which says, no, lets get down to the real issues, lets work together, lets be more collective in our response. Let's be more democratic in our response...
...What does that mean? It means we pool our sovereignty. We, each one of these 27 countries, have given up some of our sovereignty to a higher body, the European Union. And said, we'll be more effective if we work together. We're different countries. We speak different languages. We have different backgrounds. We have different traditions. We've even been at war with each other at times, but we share a common pool of values: democracy, human rights, belief in the peaceful resolution of conflict, social cohesion and now, of course, the idea of a green economy...
...crisis. But there's a lot of work to be done, difficult work. The pain is still there because the cuts, the wage cuts, the economic measures are biting and people will all feel this in the next few years. But if we do what is necessary, we'll come out of this stronger and much more viable. And that's what my hope is - and my belief is - that we can do this. Sometimes crises are catalysts for change. I do believe in a few years, we'll be proud to say that we went through this very difficult...
...spoken premier. The Apple laptop on his desk, the Prius in the driveway and the bold modern art next to the leather-bound books are small but telling signs of how he is shaking up the fusty world of Greek politics. "I do believe in a few years we'll be proud to say we went through this very difficult time, and we've come out a Greece that is a different type of Greece," he says. (See pictures of immigration in Europe...
...intersection, a major commercial center in the capital that they have occupied for more than a week ands where protest leaders denounced the government. A contingent of Border Patrol Police sent to close off a road to the intersection were pushed back by protesters. "If they come back, we'll push them back again," shouted a Red Shirt holding a stick...