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1 - Peace

            (Europeans at the European Commission building, Brussels)

Seventy-three years ago, less than the average lifespan of its citizens today, Europe lay in ruins. 

It was decimated by a conflict that ravaged an entire continent and killed millions, only two decades after the Great War had done the same. 

Recent generations, in contrast, are the lucky ones, having known seven decades of peace.

We owe this in large measure to the EU, originally set up to bind one-time enemies together. 

The EU has been, and remains, a force for peace and stability in Europe. Ask those fleeing conflict today, who see it as their refuge. 

The EU is far from perfect.  But amid all the detailed debates about its costs and its benefits, we must not overlook perhaps its most fundamental and important achievement: peace and stability on a war-ravaged continent. 

Lest we forget.

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Taken in: Belgique / Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Bruxelles (show map)

Taken on: August 1, 2018

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