| 51 (18,3) | DICIEMBRE 2004 |
ENGLISH ABSTRACTS INSIDE ISSN 0213-8646 |
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Diez sugerencias para repensar, críticamente, la Unión Europea
Ten suggestions for a critical rethink of the European Union
Carlos Taibo
| Resumen | Abstract |
En este artículo, el autor ofrece diez sugerencias para repensar críticamente Europa: 1) La Europa de la tradición inventada: la Europa marcada por una larga etapa de guerras, que se presenta como centro histórico del mundo, como corazón de la civilización, como cuna del progreso, la libertad y la razón; 2) La Europa de los mercaderes y de las jerarquías. La Europa de las alianzas económicas vinculadas al neoliberalismo más ultramontano, en la que la dimensión político-democrática ha tenido un relieve secundario; y también la Europa de las jerarquías, con los Estados Unidos ocupando un papel prominente; 3) El mito de la Europa del estado del bienestar, del capitalismo bueno, frente al capitalismo feroz de los Estados Unidos; 4) La Europa de los derechos y libertades en franco reculaje, especialmente tras los atentados del 11-S; la Europa de la demonización y represión de los movimientos antiglobalización capitalista; y la Europa de las normas duras frente a los inmigrantes |
In this article, the author offers ten suggestions for a critical rethink of the European Union: 1) The Europe of invented tradition: the Europe marked by a long period of wars, which is presented as the historical centre of world, as the heart of civilization, as the birthplace of progress, liberty and reason; 2) The Europe of merchants and hierarchies. The Europe of economic alliances tied to neoliberalism in which the political-democratic dimension as taken second place; and also the Europe of hierarchies, with the United States occupying a prominent role; 3) The myth of Europe of the welfare state, of good capitalism, as opposed to the ferocious capitalism of the United States; 4) The Europe of rights and freedoms in regression, especially after the terrorist attacks of September 11th; the Europe of the demonisation and repression of the ant globalisation movements; and the Europe of the rigid laws faced by poor immigrants; 5) The Europe of Blair, Chirac, Schröeder, Berlusconi or Aznar without commitment to the causes of justice, solidarity and peace; 6) The Europe devoid of a strategic project and with notable internal divisions; 7) The Europe that maintains an uncertain relationship with the United States; the Europe of dollar/euro collisions that could provoke a dynamic of unrestrained confrontation; 8) The Europe of different speeds, in which those that have recently arrived are forced to settle on the fringes of society, and those that are not integrated enter into a process akin to that of under-developed countries; 9) The Europe of a constitution without nation or state, with problems that worry left-wing resistance: a deficit in democracy, the fragility of social rights, foreign policies that go from bad to worse; and 10) The concept of Europe as an imagined mental construction as opposed to the myth of Europe as a natural unchangeable reality. |
| Palabras clave | Keywords |
| Europa, Unión Europea, Mitos sobre Europa, Mirada crítica sobre Europa, Carlos Taibo. |
Europe, E.U., Myts about Europe, A critical look at Europe, Carlos Taibo. |
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