Frases do Dia - Europa & Democracia

If you are living in a southern country, in Greece, and Portugal and Spain, the electorates views are much less important than the views of the bankers, the rating agencies and the financial institutions. One result of European monetary integration, without a political integration, is that the population of many of these countries has no voice. Economics is de-linked from the political base. That I think is a mistake and it goes completely against the big European movement that began in the 40s and fostered the idea of a democratic, united Europe.

Amartya Sen, em entrevista (que vale muito a pena ser lida na íntegra) para o jornal alemão Handelsblatt. Agradeço ao Shikida pela recomendação.