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- Title
CHALLENGING THE LINEAR NARRATIVE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: A CALL FOR REFLECTION.
- Authors
KASPUTIS, JUOZAS
- Abstract
This paper philosophically explores the possible introduction of an alternative analytical approach to European integration. It is an invitation to reflect critically outside the mainstream paradigm. An extensive amount of scientific literature and research papers focuses on the EU, but it is quite easy to get lost amidst this stream of abundant writing. Meanwhile, the EU has been experiencing serious challenges since the previous enlargement, which has led to a broader definition of the "European project." Numerous discussions have failed to deliver the expected results. It is an interesting paradox that the EU has been proposed globally as a model of peacebuilding in the context of the Nobel Peace Prize 2012. However, since then, no clearly defined model of internal EU integration has been implemented apart from some basic premises. The Monnet method has become formalized within the official framework of the EU, thus justifying top-down institutional engineering, which is contrary to the concept proposed by Jean Monnet. The paper offers a metaphorical reasoning as an intellectual counterbalance to the unreflective application of integrational models, thus enriching analytical and critical discourse.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN integration; EUROPEAN Union; NOBEL Peace Prize; SCIENTIFIC literature; PEACEBUILDING
- Publication
Darbai ir Dienos, 2023, Issue 80, p99
- ISSN
1392-0588
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7220/2335-8769.80.6