But since the crisis, I suppose that thinking has been evolving. That's an interesting question. The history of both continents is very different. Europeans had been trading with each other for centuries and developed strong economic relationships. In Asia, intra-regional trade links are much more recent.
Political systems are very different.
And, very important, I see no shared vision of the future in Asia today. I say this one week before we celebrate here in Europe the 50th anniversary of the Schuman plan, the plan which is at the origin of the creation of the European Union. In a week's time we also commemorate here in Luxembourg the souvenir of the invasion of German Nazi troops sixty years ago at the beginning of the second world war. We Europeans managed to put aside our deep divisions, our hatred and feelings of revenge. I would like to remind you that even though there was a vision at the origin of the European construction, the implementation started with economics, with the integration of coal and steel industries.