OTOH We should support a diversity of efforts to bring EU opinions together. None of us really knows which seed can or will grow into the most effective channel.

Front ends can always be added in the future. First, metrics are needed. Aggregation is one form of fact gathering. It is important for the simple reason that, like the first steam engine, it does a lot of heavy, boring lifting.

The EU itself IS fractured, if you want to use that word. I'd prefer 'culturally biodiverse' ;-)

I am beginning to see the EU as a unique structure in the history of politics and government.

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