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Tag Archives: European
Mar 24 2013
‘Crisis, What Crisis?’ On the Virtues of Muddling Through in European Politics
6 CommentsBy Henry Radice As a Europe on tenterhooks awaits the next development in the Cypriot crisis this weekend, the sense of popular disenchantment with the European project across much of the continent seems to echo a famous passage by Antonio … Continue reading
Posted by: March 24, 2013
Tagged with: Antonio Gramsci, Craig Calhoun, Crisis, Cyprus bail-out plan, Euro, Euro crisis, Eurogroup decision on Cyprus, European, Eurozone crisis, Language
Mar 22 2013
The Politics of Blame
15 CommentsBy Max Hänska When things go wrong someone is blamed. Throughout the current crisis there have been several convenient scapegoats: the EU itself, southern European countries and Germany, among others. Passing the buck is an all too familiar rhetorical strategy, … Continue reading
Posted by: March 22, 2013
Tagged with: Blame, European, European Public Sphere, European Union, Martin Schulz, Press, Scapegoating, Stereotypes
Mar 11 2013
What Language for What Europe?
4 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi In his discourse about Europe and the European project pronounced on 22nd February 2013 at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, German Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck has articulated his view on the future development of the European polity, reinstating … Continue reading
Posted by: March 11, 2013
Tagged with: Common Language, European, European Public Sphere, European Union, Gauck, German, Habermas, Jürgen Gerhards, Language, Mustafa Kemal, Public Sphere, Umberto Eco