Fui publicado no periódico inglês Juncture a tradução da palestra de Habermas "In Favour of a Strong Europe - What does this mean?". O texto havia sido apresentado em fevereiro em Postdam (ver aqui o texto original em alemão). Na palestra, dirigida originalmente aos membros do Partido Social Democrata Alemão (PDS), Habermas insiste no fortalecimento dos ideais normativos por trás da união política e financeira do continente e em uma coalizão socialista européia contra os principais entraves políticos à sua realização.
- Habermas: "In favour of a Strong Europe - What does this mean?"
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Only the federal government can take the initiative. It alone is in the position to offer something politically and economically to France and the European south, in neither of which is deeper integration enthusiastically welcomed. Of course, such a signal would only be the beginning of a long and very difficult process. Moreover, this signal would only be credible if one would (1) accept a Europe of two speeds; (2) relinquish intergovernmentalism; (3) pursue a European party system; and (4) bid farewell to the elite mode of current European politics. Here I make a few short comments on these four consequences, which have to be accepted if we would want to change policies.
