LEADER 02179nam 22003853a 450 001 9910645987603321 005 20250710152353.0 010 $a9789286143830 010 $a9286143834 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.2867/237362 035 $a(CKB)5490000000052456 035 $a(ScCtBLL)9714f620-8548-45ff-837c-db0aabdd5b8e 035 $a(EXLCZ)995490000000052456 100 $a20211214i20192021 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe vision and the path$fEuropean Investment Bank, Javier Cercas$hVolume 11 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cEuropean Investment Bank,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (44 p.) 330 $aWhat is Europe? A continent fragmented through the centuries by wars, border conflicts and cultural diversity. As Europeans, we do not have a common language or a common history, but we do have common roots, needs and ambitions. These similarities led us to fulfil what at the end of the Second World War could have been called a "reasonable utopia" - the European Union. The Spanish writer Javier Cercas investigates Europe and Europeans, our past, the conflicts, the ideologies and the people who forged Europe as we know it today. Though no final answer to all the questions can be found, the conclusion seems inevitable: Europe will be unified, naturally, sooner or later, despite all the hostility. This is the eleventh essay in the Big Ideas series created by the European Investment Bank. The EIB has invited international thought leaders to write about the most important issues of the day. These essays are a reminder that we need new thinking to protect the environment, promote equality and improve people's lives around the globe. 606 $aBusiness & Economics / Finance$2bisacsh 606 $aEconomics 615 7$aBusiness & Economics / Finance 615 0$aEconomics. 700 $aCercas$b Javier$f1962-$0317660 712 02$aEuropean Investment Bank 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910645987603321 996 $aThe vision and the path$93007944 997 $aUNINA