... which were unknown to the other parts of the world.”5 In the eyes of many historians, the final realization of the idea of Europe came at the end of the 18th century. In 1796, the Irish political ... north-ern and southern European economies.Figure 10: The Competitiveness Gap: Northern vs Southern Europe Notes : *Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden*Southern Europe: Greece, ... that, “no citizen of Europe could be altogether an exile in any part of it.”630 The Re-emeRgence of euRope On average, Europe trails other advanced economies in the creation of a smart, highly...