The technology is new; the economy is global; the state is a European network, in negotiation with other international actors; while people's identity is national, or even local and regional in certain cases. In a democratic society, this kind of structural, cognitive dissonance may be unsustainable. While integrating Europe without sharing a European identity is a workable proposition when everything goes well, any major crisis, in Europe or in a given country, may trigger a European implosion of unpredictable consequences.

Manuel Castells citado na eurozine