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Croatian Political Science Review, Vol. 41 No. 4, 2004.

Conference paper

QUO VADIS, EUROPE?

Henning Ottmann ; Geschwister-Scholl-Institut fuer Politische Wissenschaft, Muenchen, Deutschland

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Abstract

The author investigates the future of European Union in the light of its political deficits, using as his starting point the works by Habermas and Derrida who offer a more optimistic view. The author is extremely skeptical of the cosmopolitan solutions for the European Union. He claims that the proposed European Constitution does not resolve the burning issue: is Europe now a state? The European Union to a large extent does not possess political identity but is a creation of its elites. Hence the idea of the EU as a cosmopolis is wrong since it obscures serious problems this entity is already confronted with.

Keywords

Derrida; state; Europe; European Union; Habermas; identity; constitution

Hrčak ID:

21815

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/21815

Publication date:

25.7.2005.

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