EU at Crossroads
EU at Crossroads

Author(s): Josip Juratović
Subject(s): Politics, Political history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Politics and Identity, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: IFIMES Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije
Keywords: EU; common values; identity; politics; migrations;
Summary/Abstract: Similar to provisions of the German Constitution, Article 1 of the Lisbon Treaty defines common values on the basis of which the European Union perceives itself as united. However, in the face of the current and further deepening of economic misbalances since 2008, the migration trends intertwined with crises in its areas and now the coronavirus pandemic, this quote seems, more than ever before, like a document from ancient times. The European Union is at a crossroads and all its members, particularly Germany, now have to decide: should we finally act in line with the defined values or burry together with them the dream of a united continent that is more than just a sum of a number of national states?

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