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Europeans are proud of their cultural heritage. They praise it in front of strangers and identify with it in a very emotional way. Cultural heritage for the majority of citizens has a high value, because it allows its own identification, provides a pretext for conversations and social contacts, and also has something special that is not found anywhere else. This applies equally to historic buildings, literature and music. In my vision of the future of Europe, we will treat our European cultural heritage as a common good.
Europe is characterized by a rich and diverse culture tradition. No other culture is as aware of its history as European culture. As a whole, it differs from the others, and at the same time it is very diverse internally. But the thing is that the European nations often competed with each other in the past, waged wars or had to defend against them. But if we were to look only from this perspective, a united Europe would never have been created even to a small degree. It may paradoxically strengthen us in unification. Seeing mistakes made in the past, we are able to prevent them from being repeated in the future. If the authorities of the states draw a lesson from the past, then there should never be more wars or cruelty. We are already living in a war-free Europe. And let it remain as long as possible. Seeing how the II World War destroyed and divided Europe, we have something to fear. Considering the fact that technology is constantly developing and new weapons are being created, which can not only destroy Europe, but the whole world. In my vision of the future there will not be wars at all, and the army will only be on display. There will also be no crime or terrorism.
We do not know what history will surprise us with. Stable powers for various reasons fell at some point. Nothing is permanent in history. It is worth- and even necessary- to look forward and backwards and draw from this careful looking 30