model to the exclusion of other models that might engage best our problems such as unemployment by uncriticallyting solely and exclusively a version of logistical economic theory whose assumptions are narrow and intellectually questionable and largely indifferent to social consequences in terms of their outcomes. rather than any discourse that might define the european union as simply an economic space of contestation between the strong and the weak, our citizens yearn for the language of solidarity, a commitment to cohesion for a generous, inclusive rhetoric that is appropriate to an evolving political union, a union anxious to reach a future of peace, prosperity, inclusion, intergenerational justice in a sustainable way. and this is a serious challenge. not least because if we were to fail, we run the risk of an economic crisis leading to a crisis of legitimacy for the union, a union that after all in its founding treaty is founded on values; values such as a respect for personal dignity, freedom, democracy, quality, the rule of law and respect for human rights. and the union grows its legiti