Still, the European political project fell far short of the economic one.

WASHINGTON, DC Today, the European project is shaking.

The European project was, and is, a great political idea.

As a result, the European project itself could be called into question.

Jean Monnet, who inspired the project, was pragmatic and daring.

The European Union is one of EILER's partners on this project.

The project is working to provide the European Union with a coherent set of policies on controlling the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons.

Both of these mental political blocks are threatening the European project in equal measure.

For the first time in its history, the very continuance of the European project is at stake.

The dismal image that Europe projects to the world nowadays does no justice to reality.

There is thus a surprising resilience in the European project.

The European Union shares Spain's legitimate concern not to be singled out in the draft resolution.

When voters in France and the Netherlands turned down the proposal for a Constitution for the European Union, the world knew that the European project was in deep trouble.

Ending the monetary union would end the European project itself, and wreak unmanageable havoc.

After the Dutch no, there is fear that distrust of the European project will spread.

CAMBRIDGE The driving force of Europe s economic policy is the European project of political integration.

From the standpoint of safeguarding the European project, that is all for the better.

The European project, as idealistic as it was, was always a top down endeavor.

European plans for a Common Foreign and Security Policy and for closer defense cooperation seemed brutally discredited.

It is financed by the European Union and implemented in both Entities in parallel.

In these circumstances, France s full involvement in NATO, far from burying the European project, looks like a vital tool for furthering it.

This pattern began at the start of the 'European project' over half a century ago.

But it suffers from the major global players profound skepticism, with the US, Russia, and, for that matter, the EU shown no real enthusiasm for it.

World famous but controversial, Blair is capable of rallying public opinion and giving the European project the high profile that the EU craves.

The proposed construction of a banking union reveals this fundamental flaw at the heart of the European project today.

The only way to reverse the trend is to recapture the spirit of solidarity that animated the European project from the start.

But the European project has been an enormous success, not only for Europe, but also for the world.

If this attitude prevails, there is a grave risk that the European Project will become paralyzed.

The European Union supports the Secretary General's appeal to develop long term strategies to halt the scourge of the illicit proliferation of small arms.

Successive quandaries and crises have revealed the flaws in the EU s institutional design, and each (painstaking) upgrade has made the European project that much stronger.

But it is only in the long term that the European project is really important.

Then, once the European project is halfway over the cliff, the federalist moment might arrive.

The European Union believes that the Russian initiative is well grounded and has shown interest in launching such a project.

Europe is reluctant to develop a substantial military force, because the European project was created in opposition to the idea of power.

Moreover, admitting Turkey would demonstrate the EU s political consistency, while representing a qualitative step forward in the European project.

But rescuing banks is not the same as rescuing the euro. Moreover, rescuing the euro is not the same as rescuing the European project.

EU SEC will act as the project secretariat and coordinate the work carried out by the partner countries.

The eurozone is distinct from the EU of course, but it is the Union s most ambitious undertaking to date, and it is still struggling to equip itself with the structures needed to bolster a currency union.

We should fight against the protectionist temptations that would unravel the very foundation of the European project, a project based on the four freedoms free movement of goods, people, services, and capital.

Whereas the European project is founded on the rule of law, Russia believes that when the balance of power changes, the laws should be changed to reflect it.

But, for as long as the European project delivered prosperity, no one bothered to question its rationale.

It worked far better than the doubters ever imagined was possible indeed, perhaps even better than its progenitors expected.

But all of this can change rapidly when a crisis looms, especially if it threatens the integrity of the European project.

The project is funded and run by seven member entities the European Union, India, Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and the United States.

For the European Union, new man or woman in the Elysee Palace may be a necessary condition for reinvigorating the European project, but it is not a sufficient condition.