Prof. Ulrike Guérot about the idea of the European Republic
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- Interview with Professor Ulrike Guérot, Head of the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy - Danube University Krems, and Founder and Director of the European Democracy Lab (EDL).
Professor Guérot talks about the idea of the European Republic and the union of citizens as one of its basic pillars.
What does it mean to be a citizen? Do we need to share the same values? According to Professor Ulrike Guérot, citizenship, which is a heritage of the 1789 French Revolution, is about equal rights.
In Europe today, we have a single market and legal equality of goods and money, established through a single currency. We have regulations on merchandise, food safety, roaming fees, which make us all equal as consumers.
But, do we have one democracy and equal rights as citizens? In the essence of citizenship - voting, access to social rights and taxation, we remain the citizens of nation-states.
In order to establish a true union, we need to claim equal rights as citizens everywhere on the continent. The essence of knowing our rights is education - reading, learning, knowing our history and European heritage.
Ulrike
Bravo, joli plaidoyer en faveur d'un horizon pour nous qui souhaitons que se construise un projet politique européen généreux et heureux.
Sooner we rejoin the better.
Come back soon!
@@dayegilharno4988 Many thanks for your kind reply and I hope so.
sod off Europe
Bye bye Britain. We're better off without ye.
@@EuropeanQoheleth
Until you need liberating again, not coming next time bye
@@MrBritam Britain liberated Europe because they had no choice it was their empire next not totally through benevolence.
@@MrBritam SOOOO last century ! Learn to look forward and the EU might THINK ABOUT having you and yours back...but not England... No, thanks. Yes to the Celtic Union....
@@andrewrobinson2565
Good idea get rid of the Celts to Europe, it will give the English more room on the isles