old story that there is not that of Europe, Europe that moves and is not in the common sentiment of the citizens. Old story that continue to be the only French, German or Italian. The fact is that the Union now exists only in the economy, the functionalist approach that led the EU processes of these years has never been superseded by the political. People do not feel part of EU policy towards which often manifests indifference, or sometimes open disagreement as in the cases France, Holland and Ireland. Of this and more was discussed at the Book Cafe Promenade at the launch of Europe 2.0, volume edited by Simon and Nicola Vallinoto Vannuccini, published by Shadows Court, which has sought the collaboration of several writers, politicians and intellectuals such as Vittorio Agnoletto and John Allen to name just two . for the occasion was the special guest of the Democratic Party MEP Sergio Cofferati invited to express their point of view of institutional policy nell'acceso confrontation with the forces of civil society.
Title 2.0 Europe, borrowed from computer terminology, it was not randomly chosen by the authors but, as in the technical language of computers, even in this case identifies the idea of \u200b\u200bchange. In what direction change? As explained by Nicholas Vallinoto "must be the change in policy approach. The constitutional rules, the scene of the major failures of the Union in recent years, must be shared and discussed from the bottom with the forces of civil society. " However on this issue has often recorded the hostility of the political classes, reluctant to cede bargaining power and representation in favor of non-institutional actors, such as the diverse galaxy of civil society. The idea Cofferati in respect of it seemed quite clear: "I have great view of civil society, but we do not fall into easy gooders. From my position I am willing to give up part of my political sovereignty, but only on behalf of persons who are also representatives of a given reality. Citizen participation is welcome, but the extent to which it is organized and above all legal. Not all the events from the civil society are up to that challenge. " Purposes that do not smile at all the supporters of the movement and those who work with the heterogeneous world of associations. What in fact the criteria for deciding who is sufficiently rappresentante da essere preso in considerazione dalle forze politiche istituzionali? La risposta non appare ancora chiara, mentre l’autoreferenzialità della politica continua a manifestarsi lampante anche nelle forze che, almeno in teoria, dovrebbero rappresentare la faccia progressista.
L’Unione di oggi non è un organismo “politico”. Non decolla una linea comune in politica estera, spesso subalterna a quella degli Stati Uniti o espressa in forme di free rider come quelle assunte dalla Francia, o ancor più di recente dal governo Berlusconi. Ma c’è di più nel momento di difficoltà dell’Europa; basti pensare al problema ambientale, che da anni i governi Europeans seek to impose the political agenda as a matter of China and the U.S. in the hope of tying the two great powers in political eco-sustainability. The recent conference in Copenhagen has demonstrated the weakness of European forces intermediation.
In this situation, add the continuing lack of public participation. As pointed out by Vallinoto need to "put a stop to a Europe built from above is the only recipe for the feel of Europe and to assist policy decisions of the indispensable support of the productive forces of society." Union which, once again, moving at different speeds with processes unifying different.
Authors: Mauro
