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Europe As A Peace Project
- Michael Heseltine sees European integration as primarily a peace project rooted in preventing repeated continental wars rather than just an economic arrangement.
- He traces postwar motivation to Schuman and Monnet efforts to control coal, iron, and steel, not merely economic benefit.
Brexit Offered A Blameable Change
- Heseltine argues Brexit succeeded because it offered a visible target for voters' broader desire for change and someone to blame — namely foreigners and EU red tape.
- He links the Leave appeal to economic frustration and political need to personify grievances during a change campaign.
Younger Voters Will Reverse Brexit
- Heseltine believes younger generations will eventually reverse Brexit because exclusion from European decision-making undermines their future influence.
- He stresses the moral harm to youth who are told they cannot be 'at the table' for environmental and international decisions.