Charlemagne would conquer whole peoples and then engage in mass baptisms of the conquered.
But compromises exist, as suggested this week by the European Commission (see Charlemagne).
And for all the criticism, it is easy to understand Germany's hesitation (SEE CHARLEMAGNE).
So Charlemagne is willing to take quite a lot of continental schadenfreude on the chin.
Charlemagne would choose a more obscure confrontation as his memory of the outgoing Polish government.
But France and Spain seem minded to say yes, with Britain hovering in between (see Charlemagne).
In the 9th century, the western part of Charlemagne's empire was called France and its inhabitants French.
Others say the tradition of friendship, cultural exchange and royal intermarriage began even earlier, under Charlemagne, before 800.
Until this week, European policymakers thought that the euro crisis was under control at last (see Charlemagne).
The British prime minister, David Cameron, is already being awkward (see Charlemagne).
France differs from Germany on what changes are needed in the way the EU is run (see Charlemagne).
Centuries before the Renaissance, Charlemagne wanted to create a cultural reawakening, but the political, economic and knowledge infrastructure was simply not there.
Frankly, Charlemagne's endorsement for a job that he almost certainly does not want is the last thing he needs just now.
Fans of political integration say that the only way to enforce discipline is to create a United States of Europe (see Charlemagne).
Sir Ranulph Twistleton-Wykeham Fiennes, an aristocrat whose lineage can be traced back to Charlemagne, originally hoped to emulate the career of his father.
Julian Mayo, investment director at London-based Charlemagne Capital, points out that emerging markets are trading at about 12 times this year's earnings forecasts.
My favourite guy, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, was in this period, and was remarkably modern in a way that, say, Charlemagne was not.
He should see whether the Europeans can produce anything (see Charlemagne).
This echoes a chorus of complaint against German-inspired austerity now rising across the continent, from Ireland and the Netherlands to Italy and Spain (see Charlemagne).
The EU is increasingly, as Charlemagne noted, using sanctions, not just the economic kind, but a whole range of measures from arms embargoes to visa bans.
That plan had been shot down by euro-zone leaders at the G20 summit in Cannes, triggering Mr Papandreou's decision on November 6th to step down (see Charlemagne).
When we blog about politics, we often talk about how politicians use and misuse language to their own ends, as in Bagehot here, or Charlemagne here.
In 814, Emperor Charlemagne, king of the Franks 768-814, died.
Ludovico Ariosto's 16th-century epic Orlando Furioso is set during the conflict between Charlemagne's paladin warriors and the invading Saracen army, but Ariosto is more concerned with romance than history.
The parliament's main reason for rejecting the Barroso commission was the appointment of Rocco Buttiglione, an Italian politician, as the commissioner for justice and home affairs (see Charlemagne).
This week's economic report from the European Commission (see Charlemagne) warns France that the deficit is too high, the debt is growing and extra efforts may be needed.
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For what it is worth, Charlemagne proposes a different label: this is a neo-polar world, in which old alliances and rivalries are bumping up against each other in new ways.
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And in Germany, as everywhere in Europe (see Charlemagne), the challenge posed by immigration and political Islam is forcing people to think about the axioms a liberal democracy must uphold.
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