“The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century.” ProcessCenturyBuildingEurope21st Century20th Century Author:Jean-Pierre Raffarin
“It was a real revolution. But with one missing feature. That is the feeling in a people that "We have done it once, and if the new lot let us down, we can do it again!" It was that proud, menacing confidence which made the French revolution special. But it's not around in 21st-century Europe. After 1989, the people handed over liberty to the experts. Will they ever want it back?” PeopleIfsWantMadeRealDoneFeelingsCan DoLibertySpecialCenturyMissingRevolutionProudEuropeFeaturesExperts21st CenturyFrench Revolution Author:Neal Ascherson
“Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.” EconomicCenturyPolicyKeysEuropeErasOur FutureSolo21st CenturyEuropean UnionJanuaryEuroEconomic PolicyJanuary 1 Author:Gerhard Schroder
“If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.” IfsNeedsLooksCenturyEuropeRussiaUsaAllies21st Century Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“We were terribly excited, and I think we took it on our shoulders that we were creating the 21st century in 1971. That was the idea. And we wanted to just blast everything in the past, rather like the vorticists did at the beginning of the century in the Britain or the dadaists did Europe, you know. It was the same sensibility of everything is rubbish, and all rubbish is wonderful.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasWantedPastWonderfulCenturyCreatingEuropeExcitedShouldersBritainSensibility21st CenturyBlastRubbish Author:David Bowie
“A vision of Europe fit for the 21st century and a practical plan to deliver strong rights, decent jobs and livelihoods, with strong unions at its heart, is one worth fighting for.” HeartJobsFightingStrongVisionRightsPlansCenturyFitEuropeUnionsPracticalsDecent21st CenturyLivelihoodWorth Fighting For Author:Frances O'Grady
“Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century idea and we are trying to transition into the 21st century, and we are going to do it with multi-ethnic states.” TryingIdeasWarStatesProblemPoliticalForgetModernCenturyPureEuropeTransitionGenocide21st Century19th CenturyNatoUs ArmyWhite Genocide Author:Wesley Clark