Does the EU have the potential to become the "social and democratic Europe" that has been presented to us as a political ideal for decades? ?We must shatter the European illusion and demystify many of our most beloved images of the EU. Only then can we stop arguing over the false dichotomy of "reform or exit", and look for the strategies towards the EU and beyond.

Attac Austria is part of the Attac Network, an international movement working towards social, environmental and democratic alternatives in the globalisation process.