Except for some reluctance shown by minority groups, most European countries and leaders have greeted the reunification of Germany as a major step toward European unification. The speed with which events have taken place there has far exceeded all our expectations, and has caused some of us to wonder whether the process of European integration has to be quite so slow as it has been so far. Obviously, care should be taken on such a long and difficult path, and much thought must be given to each step taken. But it is an exciting project, capable of putting life back into an aged, worn, and divided Europe, dull and asleep on the laurels of past greatness and on the comforts of an easy and often selfish welfare, and because of this it would be wise to quicken the pace and demand more short-term goals of solidarity and unity.