| | Europhile -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | A Europhile is a term for a person who wants to increase cooperation between governments within the (An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members) European Union. |
 | | The individual countries, they argue, would then have limited geopolitical influence and would be unable to represent their own interests effectively. |
 | | From its etymology, "Europhile", which could just define the sentiment of belonging to a community of people, is mostly used to infer connotations of unconditional or irrational 'love' of integration, that would indicate dogmatic support for (Click link for more info and facts about integrationist) integrationist policy irrespective of the potential negative consequences. |
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