(ZLO)UPOTREBA IDEJE O EVROPSKOM JEDINSTVU
(MIS)USE OF THE IDEA OF EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author analyzes certain historical events in the context of the foundation of the European Union, and points to an ever more frequent phenomenon of the misuse of the idea of European unity in order to achieve certain political goals. The presentation of the European Union as a part of the Nazi Germany plan for domination of Europe or calling for the defense of Christian Europe from refugees and migrants from the Near and Middle East are just the latest examples of such abuses. They were used for daily political purposes, in the campaign for Bregzit and in Hungary in a campaign against the admission of refugees and migrants. In this regard, the author has attempted to point out the unsustainability of certain historical analogies that seek the forerunner of the European Union in some former states that had the ambition to dominate the European continent. It also points to the danger of religious, national and political conflicts that such abuses can cause. The author concludes that historical phenomena and events, such as the founding of the European Communities and the European Union, must be observed and valued within the concrete political, economic and social circumstances that existed at the time of their creation.

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