Well, that's the way democracy works. We have to build this Europe with the material we have at our disposal. And this material is national democracy. (Timothy Garton Ash)

Well, that's the way democracy works. We have to build this Europe with the material we have at our disposal. And this material is national democracy.

Timothy Garton Ash

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