Idea Wspólnego Europejskiego Domu a egoizmy narodowe i regionalne: przykład Hiszpanii
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2008
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM w Poznaniu
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TheIdea of the Common European Home versus National and Regional Egoisms: The Example of Spain
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The term ‘Common European Home’ was coined in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev to
describe the future policy of the Soviet Union towards Eastern Europe. At present this
notion has lost its disquieting tone, which was related to the statement made by the So-
viet Political Bureau: ‘a stifling embrace, a suffocating hug’. Nowadays, this idea cov-
ers various models of European integration, and is expressed in both the hopes and
concerns of the states that participate in this process. The economic and political inte-
gration of European states has been a continuous and dynamic process. The question of
its further direction has become particularly important after the French said ‘
non’ to the European Constitution. This has refueled disputes over existing integration models, which are focused around the opposing concepts of a Federal Europe and a Europe
of Homelands as a confederation. It is of significant importance since the process of
Europeization has been parallel to the process of regionalization inside the national
European states. Regionalization mainly followed from the demands of autonomists,
but sometimes was initiated by central governments as part of the process of decentralization. At present, European regions have increased their economic significance and
have won more rights and authority inside their states. Consequently, they have aspired
to become independent forces for globalization and Europeization. This process can be
exemplified by Spain. After forty years of Franco’s dictatorship, where any form of regional
autonomy whatsoever was rejected, in 1975 a slow democratization process
began.
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Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 2008, nr 2, s. 289-302.