Behind the notion of sovereignty, the end of naivety

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écrit par Clément Guntern · December 10, 2020 · 0 commentaire

Le Regard Libre N° 68 - Clément Guntern

The year 2020, in addition to having seen a pandemic of immeasurable impact, has marked the return, or rather the rebirth, of a notion that was once thought to be obsolete, unsuitable and even dangerous: that of sovereignty. In the space of a few months, the issue has once again become central. But an anachronistic vocabulary tends to overshadow what is really at stake: not the withdrawal of nations into themselves, but the pursuit of balanced regulation of globalization.

Il y a de cela à peine trois ou quatre ans, l’idéal d’un retour à la souveraineté étatique, en Europe, restait confiné aux partis populistes et fermement combattu par ceux qui soutenaient une mondialisation débridée et ceux qui agitaient comme épouvantail le retour des nationalismes et de la haine. Vouloir le retour à cette ancienne notion impliquait le souhait de mettre fin aux échanges mon

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