Discovering Real Europe: a Cosmopolitan Vision
The people of France and the Netherlands have spoken: But how did their ‘non’ and ‘nee’ to the European constitution spell? ‘Help, we don’t understand Europe. What does it stand for? Has the enlargement of Europe transformed it into an unknown, indefinable object? How can we make sense of Europe?’ The EU is the most original and successful experiment in political institution building since the second world war. It is not its crisis but its success which troubles people. Because Europe has called into question not only geographical borders but borders in mind. It is time to view Europe as it really is. It is time to start a debate on reinventing Europe. What is the narrative of Europe, its essential legitimacy all about and what is it not about?
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