Recounting the gripping tale of Europe's quest for a constitution surveying events from Joschka Fischer's ground-breaking Quo-Vadis speech at Berlin's Humboldt University in 2000, to the failed referendums in France and the Netherlands fiver years later, this book addresses a relatively new aspect in EU Studies: the importance of public communication for bridging the legitimacy dilemmas of European integration. Through analysis of newspaper coverage on the debate over the future of Europe in Great Britain and Germany between 2000 and 2005, this book explores how national identities interact with, and are reproduced in, the discursive construction of the future of the EU and in doing so, it provides powerful insights into Europe's emerging communicative space(s). The results of the three case studies suggest that the debate surrounding the future of Europe touche the core of a European construction, which exposes contradictory connotations and expectations while also highlighting that totally different ontological assumptions exist in Germany and the UK. The implications for the "European Public Sphere' are severe as while communication across borders does not require consensus, it presupposes a common understanding of the issues at stake.

Through analysis of newspaper coverage on the debate over the future of Europe in Great Britain and Germany between 2000 and 2005, this book explores the intricate ways in which national identities shape media discourses on European integration. In doing so, it provides some compelling insights into Europe's emerging communicative space(s).

Thordon's Shadows is the bebut novel to the Thordon series. In it, a group of unlikely heroes come together to stop a war and end up on the path to save their world. What is your favorite race of fantasy hero? Is it a giant, a graceful elf, a somewhat grumpy gnome or a magical dragon? You will find them all in Thordon's Shadows. A fun read for any age.

In this second volume in the Thordon series, Lex, and two of his companions set out to the Land West for a rescue. But on their way there, they are captured by pirates who are led by none other than the very person they came to set free. Is Cat still the faithful wife? Or is Cat the pirate who she has truly become?