Romano Prodi, president of the European Commission, knows that support is waning and tried this past week to rectify the situation. Prodi, warned in no uncertain terms against limiting the power of the Commission while strengthening the inter-governmental aspects of the European Union. Romano Prodi stressed that the equality between the Commission, the Ministerial Advisory Board and the European Parliament must not be disturbed. Members of the European Parliament gave Prodi a standing ovation after the rousing speech. The author, Bettina Gaus, broaches the issue with regards to the destruction of Jewish property the synagogue in D sseldorf, the grave stones in Schw bisch Hall and the commemorative plaques at Buchenwald at the same time, comparing and contrasting this with crimes against minorities in Germany.
Every act has many symbolic justifications.