” “However, according to Faure, "many things have been accomplished over the last fifty years: the single currency, the deregulation of international trade, which resulted in an increase in sales and wealth, the possibility to move freely between the member states of the European Union". The problems "are different: "There is no common diplomacy, defence or common army yet, but I hope one day I will see these further aspects accomplished as well". And as to values, the European integration process has boosted, in Faure’s opinion, "unanimous consent and the recognition of man’s rights, freedom, equality, brotherhood". The problem, though, is that "these are abstract values, and we have to understand whether they are embodied in everyday life". To those who say today’s young people are distant and poorly interested in the European Union, Faure answers that, "even if today’s young Europeans have always lived in peace and therefore have a different view to that of the young people of fifty years ago", "it is not true that the young people of the XXI century are indifferent to the integration process and to the future of Europe", they are only "differently interested".” “
