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Largely positive European balance sheet for 2002, public opinion's partly justified languor is due to other causes

I m not going to break the rather dusty tradition of starting the new year with a balance sheet of the previous year, but I will be brief. I believe that 2002 was a good year for the European project. "For the European project", not necessarily for all citizens. To explain. European experienced another difficult year in terms of the economy - slow growth, too high a level of unemployment, higher levels of terrorism and lack of security not yet sufficiently under control. It's hardly...