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THE CRISIS
OF THE
EURO PEAN
UNION
JURGENH ABERMAS.
TheC risoifts h e
EuropUenaino n
JurgHeanb ermas
THE CRISIS
OF THE
EUROPEAN
UNION
A Response
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Contents
Praecfe
Vll
The Crisoifts h Eeu ropeUanino nin Lighotf
a ConstitutionoaflizIn attieornn atiLoanwa l
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An Essaoyn t heC onstitutfiooErnu rope 1
I Why Europiesn owm oret haenv ear
constitutiopnraolj ect 1
II TheE uropeUanni omnu std ecide
betweetrna nsnatidoenmaolc raacnyd
post-democerxaetciuctf ievdee ralism1 2
ill Fromt hein ternatiotnota hle
cosmopolictoamnm unity 53
TheC onceopftH uman Dignitayn dt heR ealistic
UtopioafH umanR ights 71
AppendixT:h eE uropoeft heFe derRaelp ublic 101
I Mtert hbea nkruptacnyin :t erview 102
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II Thee urwoil ld ecitdheef atoeft he
EuropeUanino n 119
ill A pacfto orr a gainEsutr ope? 127
Soruces 140
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Preface
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inpgr oscosef t hGee rmfaend egroavle rnamsiem tno tv es
reluctiansn mtaslltyle tposw aErudrso .Op veetrh pea st
two-and-ay-ehaairltsf i finrtsseitods nu nilateral national
respoonnslteyos ,og nto oh aggolveer re spcaurea ecshu,t
tos enodu atm bigusoiugsna anlds d troai gtf se oevte r
concieosnNsso.w fi,n laliyts, e etmosh avceo mteot he
realoiznat thiattho er odilbreadrle amo fv olunsttaary
bility tcowr hiitctehhrb eiu ad goeftt hsme e mbsetra tes
werseu ppotsoce odn fohrafmsa ilTehded. r eaomft he
'mechansiw'sh micahr e ossueptdpor eenrdt hper oscse
ofr eachjiionnpgto litidceacli ssiuopflneusro uasn tdo
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thdei effrenicnee cso nocmiucl tburutea sb voea lblyt he
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mentNso.wa ltlh tea likso ft h'ec sotnrucfltaiwoo'fn
am onetuanroiynt halta ctkhsre e qtueip soliitsitceaelr
incga piatsci.Teh eriesa g rowirneizgaa ltitohna t the
Europetarne ahtaivteeobs e r evibsutet dh;ei rasel acokf
ac lepaerr spefcottrhi fuevt eur e.
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jiongto vernoafnt chese e venetueresont attoet sh e
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propohsreeeWd?h oi sspu posteofd o rwcheo mt oo bye
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bilcirtiyt hearvibeae eenx ntdeeadn dfl eixbiliinzteod
thien voicoanotsft h'ep afcotEr u rpoet'h,de e cisions
oft hEeu ropCeoaunn cairlse u ppotsoee xdp antdo
covtehrbe r aods pectorfau ltmlh opsoel itchiacetos u ld
influentcheeg o lbaclo meptvietineosfts h ne aitonal
econotmahiteh sa vder iftaepda Trhtu.ts h,Ee u orpean
agreemweonutlisdn terivnte hnceeo rdeo maionfts h e
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provtihdteee mplaatp eo stf-odre moecxrceairtosifec
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becomeenst aning tlhehedo pelaelstse rnbaettwieveen
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earliwshmi cfhia lsn etgoat thseif alaslet ernianat ive
claer-wcauyti nso b etter.
With emsyyso ant h'ec nostiiotfnuo'tEr u ro-pteh at
iso,ni tcsu rrsetnaattn eid t psoli ticmaalk ep- Iu-w ant
tos hoown,t hoen hea n,td hatthE eu ropUenainoo nf
thLesi boTnr eaitnsy o ats f arre movfreodmt hfeo rm
ofa trnasnatidoenomaclr aacsym anyo fi tcsr itics
assumOen.t hoet hhearn Idw ,a nttoe xplain why the
construflcatwio oftn hm eo netuanriyo n cbaern encot
tifiedw ithaor uetv iosfti hotenr eatTyh.e current plans
toc orodniattehd ee cisoifto hnEesM U stianmt aeojsr
areoafps o lciacflyo lar ne xetndbeads oifls e gitimation.
Howevtehrce,o tnistountiamlo deolfa fedesrtaalt e
ist hwer onogn feo sru caht arnnsatiodneamlo cyr.a c
Oncwee c omteo s ee Etuhreeo apUnn oina si fi th ad
beecnr eaftoegrdo orde asboyn s twcoo sntiotnuti
fuondinsgu ebcjtesn dodww eitehq urailg -hntasm ely,
co-orailglbiyytn he citaiznednth esp e(o!p)(l !eo)sf
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