Fortress Europe or Pace-Setter? Identity and Values in an Integrating Europe

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Authors	DUFEK Pavel
Year of publication	2009
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Politologický časopis / Czech Journal of Political Science
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Field	Political sciences
Keywords	European integration; European identity; normative turn in EU studies; legitimacy; common values; affective dimension of citizenship; cosmopolitanism; European foreign policy
Description	The article represents a contribution to discussions about the basis, motives, and goals of European integration stimulated by the recent 'normative turn' in EU studies. Its aim is threefold: By addressing the issue of internal legitimacy of EU decision making, the author wishes to show that the European Union is in need of a public 'story' of European integration; however, a closer analysis suggests that there is much normative disagreement on values and principles that are supposed to define such 'Europeanness'. This is also relevant for Europe's role within the scene of international or global politics, where the EU aspires to become a leading actor or is supposed to do so by cosmopolitan-minded authors. Lastly, the text defends the usefulness of the traditional conceptual apparatus of political theory, which has = in relation to European integration = in recent times come under attack.