Livro da Semana

Bem, comprei hoje um livro do qual já tinha lido vários capítulos nas minhas passagens pela FNAC... uma visão algo romântica e idealizada da Europa pelo ponto de vista de um jornalista americano... ou, noutro prisma, a desilusão do "American Way of Life" relatado por um nativo.

Título: The United States of Europe
Autor: T.R. Reid
Penguin books

" Don't look now, but the old, fragmented Europe has given way to a European Union made up of twenty-five nations and 450 million citizens. It has more people, more wealth, and more votes on every international body than the United States. It eschews military force but offers guaranteed healt care and free university educations. And the new United States of Europe" is determined to be a superpower, whether America likes it or not. In this timely and hugely informative book, Whashington Post correspondent ad NPR commentator T.R. Reid traces the history and forecasts the future of the emerging European colossus, revealing its influence everywhere from the international courts to iur favourite cell-phone brands. At a time when the limits of American unilateralism are becoming increasingly clear, The United States of Europe is essential reading".