Authors
Léonce Bekemans
JEAN MONNET PROFESSOR AD PERSONAM
ORCID: 0000-0003-4916-5845
- Volume 5 Issue (1) 2021
5-19
The main aim of the article is to argue for a values-driven and cultural sensitivity approach in responding to the current challenges for a true European integration process, made even more necessary with the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, the paper proposes a number of reflections and policy suggestions on the need of reshaping Europe in the turbulent Covid-19 times. In doing so, a four-section approach is adopted. The first section puts the European future in perspective. It refers to the historical development of the
integration process from a mainly economic project to a sui generis international organisation and briefly overviews the current challenges and opportunities faced by the European Union. The second section identifies two major fundamental guiding lines for the EU’s future: the strengthening of a values-oriented European future, and development of a true European citizenship. The third section emphasises European solidarity as one of the crucial aspects of a sustainable and values-driven European future. This is especially evident in the necessarily cross-border approach to the Corona pandemic. The final section argues for
cultural sensitivity in the EU reconstruction process in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.
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Baier W., Hildebrandt C., Kronrief F., Sello L. (eds.). 2020. Europe as a Common. Exploring Transversal Social Ethics. Zürich: Lit Verlag.
Bekemans, L. 2013a. Globalisation vs. Europeanisation. A Human-centric Interaction. Brussels, Berlin, Bern, New York, Wien: International Academic Publishers Peter Lang, p. 89-108.
Bekemans L. 2013b. “Building Urban Civitas in intercultural dialogue and spiritual spaces”. In: Globalisation vs. Europeanisation.
A Human-centric Interaction. Brussels, Berlin, Bern: International Academic Publishers Peter Lang, p. 305 -317.
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Bekemans L. 2014. “Identity and Identity-building in Europe: A Citizenship Perspective”. In: Transfiguration of the European Identity (Eds. F. Horkay-Hörcher and Z. Almasi), Cambridge Scholar Press, p. 23-44.
Bekemans L. 2015. “The EU and MLG in the world”. In: Facing the Challenges in European Union, Re-thinking of EU Education and for Smart and Inclusive Growth. (Eds. E. Latoszek, M. Proczek, A. Kłos, M. Pachocka and E. Osuch-Rak). Warsaw: PECSA,
p. 71-94.
Bekemans L. 2017. “The Role of Education in the rethinking of Europe in a global perspective”. Educatio Catholica. Rome: Congregation for Catholic Education, Anno III, Vol. 1-2: 139-155.
Bekemans L. 2018a. “Citizens’ Participation and Participatory Governance in the EU”. Studies in European Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 4: 47-70.
Bekemans L. (2018b). “Europe in a Changing World: European concerns, reflections and perspectives”. In: Claritas, Journal of Dialogue and Culture, Vol. 7, No 1/2, p. 39-45.
Bekemans L. (2018c). “The Future of Education in a (drastically) changing Europe”. In: Foreign Policy Review, Institute for Foreign
Affairs and Trade, p. 22-51.
Bekemans L., de la Torre V. M. 2018a. “A Value-oriented Perspective of Europe’s Future: Robert Schuman and His Concept of European Community”. The European Union Review, Vol. 23, No. 1-2-3: 69-113.
Bekemans L., de la Torre V. M.. 2018b. “Schuman’s concept of European Community: what lessons for Europe’s future?”, Modelling the new Europe, No. 28/2018: 38-55.
Bekemans, L. & L. Morganti (Eds) 2012. The European Public Sphere. From critical thinking to responsible action. Brussels, Berlin, Bern, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: International Academic Publishers Peter Lang, 300 p.
Juncker J.-C. 2018. State of the Union 2018.
Castellina, Luciana 2016. Manuale Antiretorico dell’Unione Europea. Da dove viene (e dove va) quest ‘Europa, Roma: La Talpa.
Giuliano da Empoli. 2020. Seven Ideas for a European Cultural Recovery Plan. Paris: Groupe d’études géopolitiques, Policy Paper.
Hoeksma J.A. 2018. The Theory of democratic integration, Oisterwijk: Wolf Legal Publishers.
Mogherini F. 2016. The new Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy: Shared Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe.
Pirozzi N. Tortola P.D., Vai L. 2017. “Differentiated Integration: A Way forward for Europe”. In: EU60: Re-founding Europe. The Responsibility to propose. Rome: Istituto Affari Internazionali, 24 p.
Sandel M. 1997. “Multiculturalism, Economics, European Citizenship and Modern Anxiety”, Ethical Perspectives, Vol. 4, No. 1: 23-31.
Van Steenbergen B. 1994. The Condition of Citizenship, Sage Publications.
Von der Leyen U. 2019. A Union that strives for more. My agenda for Europe.