Europe's Existential Crisis

Giddens discusses the crisis in Europe. The crisis in Europe is existential. It is a question of whether the EU survives as a recognizable entity. The history of the union is a chequered one, but it has chalked up great successes in its history so far. It has brought together a divided continent fol...

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Published inNew perspectives quarterly Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 24 - 26
Main Author GIDDENS, ANTHONY
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2012
Subjects
Democracy
Economic crisis
Euro
Europe
European Union
History
International organizations
Markets
Self-determination, National
Sovereignty
Success
War
Europe
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Summary:Giddens discusses the crisis in Europe. The crisis in Europe is existential. It is a question of whether the EU survives as a recognizable entity. The history of the union is a chequered one, but it has chalked up great successes in its history so far. It has brought together a divided continent following the second world war and the fall of the Soviet empire. The single market has generated high levels of internal and external trade. The EU has fostered humanitarian projects around the globe. Critics say its component nations have sacrificed large parts of their sovereignty. The counter-argument, however, is that in a globalizing world, by pooling areas of their sovereignty each nation gains more control over its affairs than it would otherwise have.
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ISSN:0893-7850
1540-5842
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5842.2012.01311.x