The European House

What’s Wrong — And How to Fix It

by Dr. Gert Loterman

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Contents

Part I – The Building We Share

  1. Where Our Europe Begins
  2. How We Built Our Europe Together
  3. Why Our Europe Feels Broken

Part II – The Three Rules

  1. Rule 1 — We Choose
  2. Rule 2 — We Empower
  3. Rule 3 — We Oversee

Part III – The Building We Run

  1. When Our Europe Works
  2. What Our Europe Can Do
  3. How Our Europe Cannot Be Fixed
  4. How Our Europe Can Be Fixed

Book Summary

Europe is like one of the most extraordinary buildings ever constructed — yet one with no effective property management.

When action is needed, no one is in charge.
When something goes wrong, everyone is to blame.
And when the bill arrives, the residents pay.

The European House shows why Europe’s system produces paralysis and dysfunction. It also makes clear how it can be fixed and that only one force can make it happen.

Without taking responsibility, Europeans will keep paying for a system that cannot work — by design.

About the Author

Gert Loterman approaches Europe not as a political project, but as a system.

He writes with an engineer’s mindset, explaining complex structures in a clear and concrete way. He does so independently, without ties to institutions or parties.

His question is simple: what would it take to make Europe work?

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