1.   And it is all the more compelling these days in the face of intensifying efforts at European unification.

2.   But this week, for the first time, the economic transactions of everyday life reflect the reality of European unification.

3.   European unification is presented not just as a product of visionary leaders but also as a necessary, even an inevitable response to the contemporary forces of globalization.

4.   Fifty years later, reunited and at peace with all their neighbors, they are increasingly inclined to claim the leading role in the European unification process.

5.   London, Paris and Frankfurt have been focused on the internal issues surrounding European economic unification next year, but will probably also re-emerge more aggressively after that.

6.   The Maastricht treaty on European unification may help investors, too.

7.   The rejection suggested that the euro was likely to remain weak and dealt a blow to the political project of European unification behind the currency.

8.   Their world view is a mirror image of the confusions spawned by European unification and mass demographic change among those who are French, German or Italian by blood.

9.   There is little recognition of the importance of European unification for world peace, for U.S. economic interests and for the future of Western civilization.

10.   Balladur has more appeal to centrists, and Chirac is more popular among nationalist voters who distrust moves toward greater European unification.