HC So this is where we step into the future and we leapfrog ahead.

If we mind the gap, we can make the leap to a better, more inclusive form of globalization.

So we should not leap to the conclusion that if most engineers are men, there must be discrimination against women.

Of course, just as it was inappropriate to extrapolate from the previous decade of strong growth, one should not read too much into short term fluctuations.

No, what I'm suggesting is that we should leap off, we should increase our velocity so it's high, and we should leap off one side and go the other of course, having calculated our differential equation very carefully.

On top of that, let us make a major leap of imagination and suppose that even though this scenario of the EU at Year Zero means we would not have a half century of intra European cooperation to draw on, the nations that today make up the EU would nevertheless be keen to adopt far reaching joint policies.