European Union Values and Member States: Crises, Solidarity, and the Role of the Rotating Council Presidency
European Union Values and Member States: Crises, Solidarity, and the Role of the Rotating Council Presidency

Author(s): Darlo Čepo
Subject(s): EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: EUROPEUM - Institut pro evropskou politiku
Summary/Abstract: The objective of this paper is to encourage dialogue about the understanding of European values in the societies of Europe and to explore the influence of these values on specific segments of public life. The immediate goal of the paper is to increase the level of understanding and awareness of the impact of membership in the EU on the preservation and promotion of fundamental European values, as well as the contributions of member states (and especially Central and Eastern European member states) to the changing tapestry of the values that the European Union espouses, with the final goal of removing the democratic deficit as a valid criticism against the European project of ever closer union. This will be done by reassessing their presidency programmes in order to see their own interest in impacting the value-building narrative of the European integration process through concrete policy-setting these countries are proposing.

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