Nel saggio si va a ricostruire l'euroscetticismo dei movimenti populisti europei e si evidenzia la formazione a livello politico di un cleavage che corrisponde alla frattura fra euroscettici ed euro-ottimisti
The outcome of the Brexit referendum is the apex of a long history of Euro-British relationships characterised by two opposing but coexisting stereotypes. On the one hand, England appears as the freedom-seeking nation resisting... more
The outcome of the Brexit referendum is the apex of a long history of Euro-British relationships characterised by two opposing but coexisting stereotypes. On the one hand, England appears as the freedom-seeking nation resisting restrictive collective policies imposed by a totalitarian EU regime of faceless Brussels bureaucrats. On the other hand, England seems to resurrect its imperialistic superiority against the purported democracy and horizontality of European institutions. Adopting the notion of “cultural intimacy”—with which Michael Herzfeld analyzes the mutual engagement of contrasting positions in political and administrative practices—this paper addresses the equally stereotypical images of an indifferent, inhuman European bureaucracy and of an insular, cynical Great Britain in the works of Malcolm Bradbury and Tim Parks. Be it the allegedly liberal yet nationalistic stance of Thatcherist anti-Europeanism in Bradbury, or the British disaffection with the purported identitarian and cultural levelling within the common borders of the Schengen area and of the single currency, both authors’ symbolic constructions of European institutions and of British Euroscepticism are built as cultural entanglements of these two realities, and show the need to overcome the reductive conception of Europe as a failed super-state.
Molto osservatori, prima delle elezioni del Parlamento europeo del 2019, temendo uno tsunami euroscettico, hanno dato un sospiro di sollievo dopo la pubblicazione dei risultati. Tra i paesi fondatori dell'Ue, l'Italia è il solo dove vince... more
Molto osservatori, prima delle elezioni del Parlamento europeo del 2019, temendo uno tsunami euroscettico, hanno dato un sospiro di sollievo dopo la pubblicazione dei risultati. Tra i paesi fondatori dell'Ue, l'Italia è il solo dove vince ed è al potere una maggioranza assoluta sovranista, con conseguenze negative sulla sua influenza internazionale. Nessuno dei partiti di questa maggioranza sarà nei principali gruppi politici del Parlamento.
After years of economic and social crises, the European Union is facing one of its worse times ever: the solidarity system has clearly shown its problems and the citizens are not feeling European anymore, as nationalist sentiments are on... more
After years of economic and social crises, the European Union is facing one of its worse times ever: the solidarity system has clearly shown its problems and the citizens are not feeling European anymore, as nationalist sentiments are on the rise throughout the continent after the Brexit. The sudden COVID-19 pandemic can be both the demise or the rebirth of the communitarian system. Everything now depends on how much the member States will renounce to pursue their own interests to start together a new common path, inspired by solidarity and based on their own European identity.
