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All those who were born within the european continent and, hence, within the european civilization, are europeans, no matter if Europe is a political identity or not! I stand, above all things, for the political unity of Europe, but my "europeaness" don't depend on that. We have great cultural diferences within Europe, it's true, but in spite of that, being "european" is a very objective identity. It's like a band playing drums and bagpipes, you can play a lot of different songs with it, but it is music with a certain identity. The kind of cultural disparity we have within Europe is not of higher level than that within the USA, or China, or Russia. Portugal or Spain have the same level of cultural discrepancy from germany or Denmark that California haves from Maine or Michigan. There is a language issue? Well, a dozen european nations prove that's no issue at all! And to reach this level of civilizational unity, Europe did not need any common flag, anthem or even conscience of itself. If we have this things now, great! Europeans may choose to stand divided in nation-states (with tragic consequences, in my opinion), but cannot choose not to be europeans: that's the first thing they are, were, and always will be, no matter what else.
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(3)No Norte também nunca viveram “Lusitanos”, sempre evocados (erradamente) como antepassados de todos os portugueses É óbvio que “Portugal” não se revê no Norte, pelo que o Norte não pode (nem devia nunca) rever-se em “Portugal”.
Todos os que trabalham pela consciência galaica no Norte de Portu...