translate English to German: Education about what Europe has been through and the environment in which it exists is very important for its own development and for the world of the 21st century in which Europe may – and must – play a more important and positive role than in the 20th century, when it was a source of tragedy, war, totalitarianism and other woes on a global scale.
Wenn wir über diese Frage nachzudenken, kommen wir zu der Feststellung, dass uns die griechische Kultur, das römische Recht und die christliche Ethik miteinander verbinden. Alles, was europäisch ist, stützt sich auf diese Grundlagen, die Europa definieren.