‘ A Draft Manifesto ’. Ventotene and the Struggle for European Unification
Giorgio Anselmi
President of the European Federalist Movement
Michele Fiorillo
Scuola Normale Superiore
Mario Leone
Director of the Altiero Spinelli Institute of Federalist Studies
“ The island is less than two kilometres long , between two and eight hundred metres wide , only slightly undulating , so that the winds sweep it freely , and is almost devoid of trees . Normally one could see nothing but sea and sky all around , (…) some of the windows of Gaeta ’ s houses sparkled , reflecting the setting sun ’ s rays back at us , as if to remind us that the continent on which , from Gaeta to Canton , a terrible game was deciding the fate of mankind , was not so far away after all ”.
A . Spinelli , How I Tried to Become Wise ( 1984 )
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