Publication: Diez sugerencias para repensar, críticamente, la Unión Europea
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Taibo, Carlos
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Universidad de Zaragoza, Asociación Universitaria de Formación del Profesorado (AUFOP)
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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 pobres; 5) La Europa de Blair, Chirac, Schröeder, Berlusconi o Aznar, sin compromiso con la causa de la justicia, la solidaridad y la paz; 6) La Europa carente de un proyecto estratégico y con notables divisiones internas; 7) La Europa que mantiene una relación incierta con los Estados Unidos; la Europa de las colisiones dólar/euro, que pueden terminar provocando una dinámica de irrefrenable confrontación; 8) La Europa de las diferentes velocidades, en la que los recién llegados están obligados a instalarse en una periferia poco cómoda, y quienes se quedan al margen entran en proceso de tercermundización; 9) La Europa de una constitución sin pueblo, nación o Estado, con problemas preocupantes para la izquierda la Unión Europea que resiste: déficit democrático, fragilidad de derechos sociales, estatalización de esquemas, política exterior en la que llueve sobre mojado; y 10) El concepto de Europa como construcción mental imaginada, frente al mito de Europa como realidad natural, sin posibilidad de contestación.
In this article, the author offers ten suggestions for a critical rethink of the European Union: 1) The Europe of inveted tradition: the Europe marked by a long period of wars, which is presented as the hisotrical 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 domonisation and repression of the anti 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 thata 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.
In this article, the author offers ten suggestions for a critical rethink of the European Union: 1) The Europe of inveted tradition: the Europe marked by a long period of wars, which is presented as the hisotrical 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 domonisation and repression of the anti 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 thata 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.
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Revista interuniversitaria de formación del profesorado, V. 18(3), N. 51, 2004
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