La Fabrique Spinoza | Think thank du bien être citoyen. Jean Ziegler sur l'Occident. European Identities Part I | Francis Fukuyama. I’m reproducing the transcript of parts of a talk I gave in Geneva last November at the Latsis Foundation Prize Ceremony on “European Identities.” This excerpt deals with how different European countries have dealt with Muslim immigrant assimilation, and the second excerpt will discuss the lack of identity at a European level. Let me then move on to the question of European identity and why this has posed a particular problem for Europeans of this generation. As I said, European identity is problematic because the whole European project was founded on an anti-national identity basis.
It was intended to get beyond the national selfishness and antagonisms that characterized 20th century European politics. And therefore, there was a belief that there would be a new universal European identity that would supplant the old identities of being the Italian, German or French. French national identity is very much built around French language. The German case is very different. European Identities Part II | Francis Fukuyama. This is a continuation of the extract of the talk I gave at the University of Geneva in Nov. 2011 on “European Identities.” This part deals with the failure to create an identity at a European level: Let me turn to nation building at the EU level. When we pass from the level of these individual European states to the question of European identity as such, what is it and what kind of deficit do we have? Everybody who is going through this crisis of the Euro realises now in retrospect that there are many flaws in the Maastricht Treaty and in the whole process of creating Europe, such as the absence of a disciplining mechanism, the absence of exit mechanism out of the either Euro or European Union itself.
A lot of this discussion is dominated by people in finance and by economists because that is the short-term problem that has faced us, a new recession and the collapse of the European banking systems as a result of Europe’s failure to address politically these kinds of problems. "The Euro’s Imagined Community" by Robert J Shiller. Exit from comment view mode. Click to hide this space NEW HAVEN – Great significance – probably too much – has been attached to a possible breakup of the eurozone. Many believe that such a breakup – if, say, Greece abandoned the euro and reintroduced the drachma – would constitute a political failure that would ultimately threaten Europe’s stability.
Speaking before the Bundestag last October, German Chancellor Angela Merkel put the matter starkly: “Nobody should believe that another half-century of peace and prosperity in Europe is guaranteed. Europe has had more than 250 wars since the beginning of the Renaissance in the mid-fifteenth century. In a fascinating, but largely overlooked book, How Enemies Become Friends,Charles A. Kupchan never mentions a common currency as a condition of comity among nations; in fact, economic integration tends to follow, rather than precede, achievement of political unity. The Barbarian West. Études balkaniques - Cahiers Pierre Belon.
Un monde dans tous ses états - Arte. Turquie contemporaine. Européens tentés de lâcher la Grèce. Antonis Samaras, le chef de file du parti conservateur grec Nouvelle démocratie, n'a pas encore apporté son soutien écrit aux nouvelles mesures d'austérité négociées avec la "troïka" des créanciers internationaux de la Grèce, a-t-on appris mardi de source proche des discussions. "Pour l'heure, Samaras n'a pas remis de lettre d'engagement, et c'est un problème", a déclaré cette source à Reuters sous condition d'anonymat. En revanche, George Papandreou, ancien Premier ministre et dirigeant du Parti socialiste (PASOK), a remis l'engagement signé par lequel il apporte son soutien aux mesures adoptées par le parlement grec dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi. Or le soutien des partis politiques au plan du Premier ministre Lucas Papadémos est indispensable pour convaincre les partenaires grecs au sein de la zone euro de débloquer une aide de 130 milliards d'euros sans laquelle la Grèce pourrait être dans l'incapacité de faire face à ses échéances le mois prochain.
Les deux "D" Accord, même bancal. Eurozone unemployment hits new record. 31 January 2012Last updated at 11:44 Unemployment is at the highest rate since the euro was launched in 1999 Unemployment in the eurozone hit a record high at the end of last year, the Eurostat agency has said. The jobless rate in the 17 countries that use the single currency was 10.4% in December, unchanged from November's figure which was revised up from 10.3%. Some 16.5 million people were out of work in the eurozone in December, up 751,000 on the year before.
The highest unemployment rate remains in Spain (22.9%), while the lowest is in Austria (4.1%). Unemployment has been rising throughout 2011, as the debt crisis in the region has continued. Investment delays Guillaume Menuet, economist at Citigroup, said he expected the number of people out of work to increase throughout 2012. "In many cases you find firms continuing to delay investment projects. In the 27 EU countries, the unemployment rate was 9.9% in December, with 23.8 million people out of work. Deteriorating situation.