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-5- differences in circumstances are, of course, equally vast. Yet when viewed with an open mind it can be seen that the Juche idea provides answers to European problems just as much as it does to the problems of other parts of the world. Its stress on the human factor, on the development of man's mastery of the world and the consumation of his Chajusong touches profoundly on the problems that concern many European peoples in a fashion that traditional schools of thought on the left - increasingly mired in economism and crude materialistic and mechanical materialistic perceptions - cannot possibly hope to do. The growing success of the Green Party in the Federal Republic of Germany and the development of similar parties and movements in most of the countries of western Europe illustrates this point and should be taken into account by adherents of the Juche idea. National independence is a fundamental prerequisite and starting point of the Juche idea. As Comrade Kim Jong Il says: "There are big and small parties, big and small countries, and economically developed and underdeveloped peoples in the world, but all parties, all countries and peoples are equal and independent." The countries and peoples of Europe also wish to win, maintain, defend and extend their national independence, and the peoples of Europe - like all peoples - wish to realise Chajusong. Followers of the Juche idea need to pay particular attention to the mass peace movement. This movement opposes the subordination of Europe to the United States, which

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