Rosemary Righter on America's Pampered Godchild
With the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome approaching, journalist Rosemary Righter suggests that Angela Merkel stop worrying about the EU constitution and instead help Europe stimulate growth by “joining forces” with the United States and creating a transatlantic single market. Germany and France should not disdain US assistance now: the EEC owed much of its early success to the American Marshall Plan, and Brussels required help from NATO to quell the conflict in the Balkans. As they celebrate the achievements of Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman, Europeans should remember the Marshall Plan and concentrate on transatlantic cooperation.
