Europe, a Symbol of Progress on Reconciliation?
(2014) Birmingham Journal for Europe — Vol. 1, n° 3, p. 1-18 (2014)
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- In the 1950’s, the European Integration was thought to stop the hereditary wars in Europe. Up until now, the development of integration has been perceived as progressive. An example would be the will of former communist countries to ‘return to Europe’ and to enter the EU. However, the EU has been criticized on several issues, especially when it received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012. What was, is and will be the EU’s contribution to progress? The hypothesis in this paper states that the EU has been a strong incentive for reconciliation in several cases — e.g. France/Germany — and will probably remain so — with the Balkans to provide the next proof? The first part of this paper concentrates on the past cases of reconciliation in which the EU played a significant role. The second part presents cases in which the European framework for reconciliation has not been as successful—Cyprus/Turkey, or Slovenia/Croatia. The third part analyses possible future cases of reconciliation, in which the EU is deeply involved: the Balkans.
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Hébert, E. (2014). Europe, a Symbol of Progress on Reconciliation? Birmingham Journal for Europe, 1(3), 1-18. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/45531 (Original work published 2014)