The euro crisis has exposed deep structural flaws in the common currency. Stagnant growth, rising unemployment, and public dissatisfaction are threatening to undermine the cohesion of the European Union itself.
Four principles should guide Administration policy toward Europe:(1) Europe will remain the foundation of future U.S. coalitionswell into the 21st century; (2) a Europe in which nationalsovereignty remains paramount suits America's national interest;(3) the U.S.-British alliance must remain pivotal to long-term U.S.strategic thinking; and (4) Europe must be seen as it is, not asmany Europeans might wish to see themselves.
A Europe in which national sovereignty remains paramount regardingforeign and security policy, and states act flexibly rather thancollectively wherever possible, will enable America to engage thecontinent most successfully. This flexibility, in internationalinstitutions or ad hoc coalitions of the willing, is the future ofthe transatlantic relationship because it fits the objectiverealities of the continent.
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