Greece has been saved and the euro stabilized. Both undertakings were vital -- and the right thing to do. But the two packages -- the first worth €110 billion and the second valued at €750 billion -- have also spread a feeling of unease. Experts have voiced doubts as to the packages' efficiency, politicians have become pensive and the public is downright concerned.
Indeed, some have even gone so far as to begin doubting the validity of the European project in its entirety.
But the crisis has presented us with an opportunity as well -- and it is one that politicians must not let pass them by. It is time for the European Union to be established anew -- we need a new foundation and a new justification. Otherwise, European integration, which has progressed so rapidly in recent years, could come to a screeching halt, or even be reversed. For far too long, the project has been in the hands of the elites and the diplomats -- the public has largely been shut out.
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