scholarly journals Robert Menasse, The Capital. A satirical novel on the European Union

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Teresa Martins de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Narrative Space ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Robert Menasse ◽  
The Eu

After a short introduction to Menasse´s ideas about the European Union presented in different theoretical texts, the paper will concentrate on the novel The Capital, published in 2016. It will focus on the idea the reader will react with strangeness to the diminished narrative space taken in the text by topics like migrations, terrorism and islamofobia, which are generally accepted as the main issues affecting the EU today (Griffen 2019). Nonetheless, a more detailed analysis of three moments of the novel that critics tend to consider as subsidiary according to their place in the textual economy will show the importance of the aforementioned topics and their (possible) recognition as the new challenges that mark the EU.

The European Union: A Very Short Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Usherwood ◽  
John Pinder
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Early History ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
The European Union ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
New Members ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
The Eu

The European Union (EU) is a unique political organization. Illustrating how and why it has developed from 1950 to the present day, The European Union: A Very Short Introduction covers a range of topics, including the EU’s early history, the workings of its institutions and what they do, the interplay between ‘eurosceptics’ and federalists, and the role of the EU beyond Europe in international affairs and as a peace-keeper. This new edition covers the migrant crisis, the UK’s decision to leave the EU, and how the EU continues to attract new members. It concludes by considering the future of the EU, and the choices and challenges that may lie ahead.

scholarly journals Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Beatriz Pérez de las Heras
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
70Th Anniversary ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Studies ◽  
European Elections ◽  
Political Cycle ◽  
Financial Framework ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Climate Neutrality ◽  
The Eu

Following the European elections of May 2019, the European Union (EU) opened a new institutional political cycle for the period 2019-2024. The year 2020 initiates a new time when the EU will have to tackle pending issues, such as United Kingdom’s exit or the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework, while addressing new challenges, such as the achievement of climate neutrality or the development of the European Defence. In addition, the EU will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration on 9 May 2020, which will be an important and propitious event to take stock of the European political project and look to the future. This issue 62/2020 of Deusto Journal of European Studies includes contributions that deal with some of the issues and challenges the EU will face in the coming years.Published online: 02 April 2020

scholarly journals Politics and Morality in the Novel “The Capital” by Robert Menasse

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Ivan Megela
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Policy ◽  
Common View ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Robert Menasse

The article illustrates the relationship between politics and morality in the novel «The Capital» written by the famous Austrian writer Robert Menasse, a recipient of the German Book Prize in 2017. The research focuses on the study of the preliminaries for the 50th anniversary of the European Commission, one of the principal bureaucratic institutions of the European Union. The article highlights the anniversary celebration settings in the Department of Culture and Education. It considers different views on the event format in terms of the fundamental provisions of the European Commission with reference to historical memory and internal conflicts within the bureaucracy. The message of the primary slogan of the project “Concentration camps – never again!” is explained, integrating the past (remembrance of Auschwitz, the Holocaust) and the present (the real state of affairs in the European Union) along with a vision of the prospective political establishment of the shared European community. In this respect, some bullet points of the report made by the professor Alois Erhart from Vienna, a think tank member and the author’s alter ego, represent a common view of substantialization of the united Europe based on overcoming contradictions between the European Union policy and the national interests of the member countries. The research examines the peculiarities of the literary space in the «The Capital». It is determined that the complexity and diversity of the work produce a hybrid novel form, incorporating the features of the intellectual prose, essay, political pamphlet, and the thriller. An important aspect, highlighted in the article, involves the issue of fiction, fabrication, factuality in terms of the author-reader game accompanying the process of sense generation and text perception. The connotation of a grotesque image of a pig running through the center of Brussels is examined from different perspectives, both as an artistic device implicated in distinct plot lines, and as a metaphor attributed to the overall state of affairs in the capital of the united Europe.

scholarly journals Handel żywnością między UE a Japonią

2018 ◽  
Vol 18(33) (3) ◽  
pp. 91-101
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Drzymała
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Food Trade ◽  
Excess Production ◽  
Food Imports ◽  
The Eu

Food trade is an important element of the global economy. As far as the European Union is concerned, it has sufficient resources to cover the EU population's demand for food, and it can export and exchange its own excess production for other products or services with other countries. However, Japan does not appear to be a significant partner in terms of food imports and exports. The aim of the study is to present a detailed analysis of the volume of food exports and imports according to the SITC and HS nomenclature and the perspectives for the development of mutual cooperation between the European Union and Japan.

scholarly journals STREAMLINING THE INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY STRUCTURES IN NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

2014 ◽  
pp. 63-75
Author(s):  
DAMIR ČRNČEC ◽  
JANEZ URBANC
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Member States ◽  
Extra Effort ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Eu

Just like every other organisation, NATO and the EU are more or less constantly changing and organisationally adapting to new challenges and related new priorities and tasks. The intelligence and security structures of both organisations are no exception and although radical or major organisational changes, mainly due to the consensus mode, are not very frequent and require more time, minor changes and adjustments occur constantly. In recent years, the field of intelligence and security in both organisations has not witnessed any major organisational changes. Nevertheless, especially within NATO, the intelligence structure has significantly increased in quality due to the extra effort to include, in addition to military and defence, civil intelligence and security structures of Member States to play a more active role in the exchange of intelligence with the Alliance. Similarly, although less obviously, a similar trend took place in the context of the intelligence and security structures within the EU. In parallel with the termination of operations in Afghanistan, with a slow stabilisation of the situation in the Western Balkans, and mainly as a result of the new/old challenges posed by the situation in relation to Ukraine, there is no doubt that the intelligence and security structures of both organisations, especially NATO, will be further modified and upgraded over the coming years. The aim of this paper is thus, in addition to outlining the current organisation of the intelligence and security structures in both organisations, to indicate the future trends in the field of intelligence and security. Kot vsaka organizacija se tudi zveza Nato in EU bolj ali manj stalno spreminjata ter organizacijsko prilagajata novim izzivom in posledično novim prednostim ter nalogam. Obveščevalno-varnostni deli obeh organizacij niso izjema in čeprav radikalne oziroma večje organizacijske spremembe, predvsem zaradi konsenzualnega načina delovanja, niso zelo pogoste ter zahtevajo več časa, se manjše spremembe nenehno dogajajo. V zadnjem času se sicer na obveščevalno-varnostnem področju v obeh organizacijah niso zgodile večje organizacijske spremembe, kljub temu pa se je predvsem znotraj Nata struktura na obveščevalnem področju pomembno kvalitativno dopolnila. Dopolnitev se je zgodila zato, da se k bolj aktivni vlogi pri izmenjavi obveščevalnih podatkov z zavezništvom (še močneje kot v preteklosti) vključijo poleg vojaških oziroma obrambnih tudi civilne obveščevalno-varnostne strukture držav članic. Podoben, čeprav manj očiten, trend je potekal tudi v okviru obveščevalno-varnostnih struktur EU. Vzporedno z zaključevanjem operacij v Afganistanu, s počasnim stabiliziranjem razmer na Zahodnem Balkanu, predvsem pa kot posledica novih/starih izzivov, ki jih povzročajo razmere v povezavi z Ukrajino, postane jasno, da se bo obveščevalno-varnostna struktura v obeh organizacijah, zlasti pa v Natu, v naslednjih letih dodatno spreminjala in izpopolnjevala. Cilj prispevka je poleg prikaza trenutne organiziranosti obveščevalno-varnostne strukture v obeh organizacijah napovedati prihodnje usmeritve na obveščevalno-varnostnem področju.

scholarly journals THE EUROPEAN UNION TRAINING MISSION IN MALI – HUNGARY’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE MISSION

2013 ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
János Besenyő
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Military Intervention ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Military Assistance ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Eu

Following the limited military intervention in Mali in 2013, the European Union decided to launch a training mission tasked with the modernization of the Malian government army and the provision of military assistance. The essay’s main goal is to provide a detailed analysis of the EU’s training mission in Mali (EUTM Mali), beginning with the events leading up to the creation of the mission, then proceeding with the description of the mission and its execution so far. The article examines the underlying causes that the mission strives to solve, as well as the situational chal- lenges that the EU faces in Mali. It also provides insight into the role Hungary un- dertakes in EUTM Mali. Po omejenem vojaškem posredovanju v Maliju leta 2013 se je Evropska unija odločila začeti misijo za usposabljanje za posodobitev vojske malijske vlade in zago- tovitev vojaške pomoči v državi. Glavni cilj tega prispevka je predstaviti podrobno analizo misije EU za usposabljanje v Maliju (EUTM Mali). Avtor začne prispevek z opisom dogodkov, ki so privedli do oblikovanja misije, ter nadaljuje z opisom misije in njenega izvajanja do zdaj. V njem preučuje vzroke za krizo, ki jih misija poskuša odpraviti, in situacijske izzive, s katerimi se EU spoprijema v Maliju, ponudi pa tudi vpogled v vlogo Madžarske v EUTM v Maliju.

scholarly journals Together we stand? Transnational solidarity in the EU in times of crises

2021 ◽  
pp. 146511652110356
Author(s):  
Alexia Katsanidou ◽  
Ann-Kathrin Reinl ◽  
Christina Eder
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Past ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
Crisis Scenarios ◽  
Transnational Solidarity ◽  
The Eu

After more than a decade of consecutive crises, the issue of transnational solidarity is becoming increasingly relevant for the European Union. This research note compares the current coronavirus disease-2019 crisis to previous ones and investigates the willingness of European Union citizens to show solidarity towards fellow member states. We test the influence of socio-political attitudes of citizens on solidarity preferences in three crisis scenarios. We analyse Greece and Germany as cases differently affected by the past decade's crises and cases that chose different crisis management strategies when facing the novel virus. Our findings indicate that solidarity is highest in a pandemic, while for all crisis scenarios it is higher in Greece than in Germany. Despite variations in the degree of solidarity associated relationships with socio-political attitudes remain consistent.

scholarly journals Danish opt-out in the European Defense: New Challenges

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Babynina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Opt Out ◽  
General Rules ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Common ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Intensive Development ◽  
The Eu

The article analyzes the features of Denmark’s participation in the European Union. The country has a number of opt-outs from the general rules for the functioning of the EU, including under the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). The intensive development of this area in the last decade, including the established Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), and the emergence of new security challenges make the question of the format of Denmark’s participation in these projects highly relevant. The author concludes that clearly limiting this opt-out allows Denmark to take benefit from participation in defense-related projects that are formally outside the CSDP framework, but fall within the joint competence of the Union and the Member States. At the same time, the rejection of the «Danish reservations» does not seem likely in the near future for domestic political reasons.

Tourism statistics in the European union - new challenges and demands on the official tourism statistics in Austria

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
Peter Laimer
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Level ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Eu Directive ◽  
Council Directive ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Organisational Level ◽  
The Eu

Important information concerning Austrian tourism are based on accommodation and overnight stay statistics. Therefore the Commission of the European Union in collaboration with the EU and EFTA has prepared a project of a council Directive in order to develop a harmonized system for tourism statistics and a related information system at the European level. Concerning the implementation of the requirements of EU-Directive on Tourism Statistics, the Austrian official tourism statistics is confronted with some problems which are found more on the organisational level than on the methodological one. This especially concerns the increased periodicity regarding tourism demand surveys.

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: The First Ten Years-New Challenges and Perspectives

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Vasileios G. Tzemos ◽  
Konstantinos Margaritis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Eu

Since 1 December 2009, the time when the Treaty of Lisbon came into force, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (hereinafter: the EU Charter, the Charter) has been formally included in the EU legal order as primary EU law [...]

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