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The European Union means many different things to its many peoples.
In Germany, for example, the European project was conceived mainly
as post-national, or even post-sovereign. In France, by contrast,
President Emmanuel Macron has pursued the vision of a sovereign
Europe; that is, an EU that would become a formidable geopolitical
actor. Yet, instead, Europe has struggled to ascertain its values
abroad and even domestically, facing a sovereignist rebellion from
its newer member states, such as Hungary and Poland, and the
departure of Britain. The eurozone crisis has undermined the EU's
economic credentials, the refugee crisis its societal cohesion, the
failure to stand up to Russia its sense of purpose, and the
Covid-19 pandemic its credibility as a protector of European
citizens. The key argument of this book is that the multiple crises
of the European project are caused by one underlying factor: its
bold attempt to overcome the age of nation-states. Left unchecked,
supranational institutions tend to become ever more bureaucratic,
eluding control of the people they are meant to serve. The logic of
technocracy is thus pitted against the democratic impulse, which
the European Union is supposed to embody. Democracy in Europe has
suffered as a result.
After the collapse of communism there was a widespread fear that
nationalism would pose a serious threat to the development of
liberal democracy in the countries of central Europe. This book
examines the role of nationalism in post-communist development in
central Europe, focusing in particular on Poland, the Czech
Republic and Slovakia. It argues that a certain type of
nationalism, that is liberal nationalism, has positively influenced
the process of postcommunist transition towards the emerging
liberal democratic order.
After the collapse of communism there was a widespread fear that
nationalism would pose a serious threat to the development of
liberal democracy in the countries of central Europe. This book
examines the role of nationalism in post-communist development in
central Europe, focusing in particular on Poland, the Czech
Republic and Slovakia. It argues that a certain type of
nationalism, that is liberal nationalism, has positively influenced
the process of postcommunist transition towards the emerging
liberal democratic order.
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