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Subsidiarity and Philosophy

John Crosthwaite probes the hidden logic of some Eurospeak.

As an official, albeit a minor one, of the European Commission, I will confine my remarks to quotations from documents in the public domain. I should also add a disclaimer and point out that any views expressed, other than those directly attributed, are those of the author; they do not come from the Commission.

2.0. The Word – an Early Mention in the Press

“Subsidiarity: look it up and you will not find it……Anti-neologists can blame it on the Vatican, and on the Christian Democrats who filched it from Pope Pius XI’s encyclical of 1931, ‘Quadragesimo Anno’.

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