{"id":22469,"date":"2019-07-21T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=22469"},"modified":"2023-11-10T13:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:56:43","slug":"a-europe-of-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/a-europe-of-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"A Europe of destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last May's European elections were once again an opportunity for the various parties to demonstrate their desire to \u00abreform the European Union\u00bb. <\/strong>That's all well and good, but there's room for doubt. Of the twelve candidates in a French TV debate, all called for more protectionism within a Union deemed \u00abultraliberal\u00bb, \u00abneoliberal\u00bb or simply \u00abliberal\u00bb, a word that is enough of an insult in a country that would nevertheless deserve a good shower of economic liberation, downsizing of public services and lower taxes. What if, instead of denouncing the free market on which an admittedly imperfect EU is built, we were to recognize that this is the best economic system there is, while asserting that the problem lies elsewhere, namely at the national level? civilizational<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Basically, the great flaw in European integration is not the liberalism of its economic system, but the exclusively economic nature of its system.<\/strong> You'd have to be a libertarian devoid of all pragmatism to imagine that simply opening up the market and borders is enough to create an inter-state political community that is also a community. of destiny<\/em>. The truth is that, as the European Union currently stands, there are only national communities of destiny. But why, you might ask, talk about destiny? Isn't that a vague concept for philosophers? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tragedy is an essential dimension of life, both for human beings and for the political entities in which they live.<\/strong> We've known since Paul Val\u00e9ry that civilizations are mortal, but we've also known for as long as civilizations have existed that they have a destiny. The mere fact that civilizations exist should already be a warning to us, in a world where we are increasingly aware of the various threats to our survival as a result of globalization and the rapid sharing of information. Attacks by terrorist groups such as the Islamic State, the depletion of natural resources, the rise of global powers - these are all global problems that call for a community of destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n