Hajnalka VINCZE is a security policy researcher specialized in European and transatlantic issues. Her analyses deal with intra-European and Euro-American power relations, with a particular emphasis on the strategic dimension
and the technological-industrial basis. She takes position in favour
of an autonomous, political Europe. Her commitment to the
preservation and promotion of the European model makes
her a long-time advocate of the core Europe concept.

"As long as war does not take place, one should talk as if it could not to take place." (Aristide Briand, 1932)

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The value(s) of Europe

Magyar Narancs XVI.40, 30 September 2004

Language of the original publication: Hungarian

These exercises of nombrilism, appearing today as a kind of collective European pastime, are rather misleading. It is true that one can never speak too much about the common values at the very origin of the European integration. But only if one speaks of them indeed, assuming their implications and drawing all their consequences. However, nowadays they are generally evoked only to compensate for the deficit in political will and to divert attention from the genuine “finalities” of the integration. They are used as an easy alibi, since one can proclaim there is not merely question of an economic union, but also of a "community of values". What is perfect for smokescreen, but way too little for Europe.

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(Hajnalka Vincze, The value(s) of Europe, Magyar Narancs XVI.40, 30 September 2004, 13,230 characters)

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