I believe Europe has specific values, a special vision of society, of the relationship between society and the individual, which I believe should endure. The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation. Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship. It is impossible to speak of citizenship in Europe without posing the question of the current weakening of democracy within each of our countries. This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.
Parliaments are weaker.
Meanwhile, because decisions become more and more complex, this favours the emergence of experts, bureaucrats and technocrats. This weakening causes the dangerous emergence of new extremist parties. In a democracy such as Britain, one must win the centre's vote in order to win an election. We must wait and see.