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We reject micro-regional nationalism which are chimerical and noxious to the European cause.
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To this, my opinion is directly opposed. I think the so-called micro-regional nationalism (or simply identity) is important if any kind of nationalism is to succeed. Perhaps it is what we could call the local nation, something that in many cases can be of as high importance as the unitary nation, all though both have their place - but the European entity the nations are part of also has a place. The mistake is to call Europe a nation, and to assume that the actual nations of Europe are dissolved already, into this greater mass which is simply "European" - something I have seldom heard from non-Americans.