live in a time where everything seems to be governed by the marketing, shock effect, the makeup of reality ... Sometimes some fight this with high-sounding declarations, with demagogic postures and high doses of catastrophism that solve nothing, you know, to "in troubled waters, fishermen gain" ... However, rarely take the bet bull by the horns, to be realistic and to make constructive criticism, always constructive, allowing us to objectively analyze the point where we are, where we want to and the challenges we face for it.
It is now a couple of years I had the opportunity to participate as a representative of the students at the University of Extremadura in meeting on the future of Europe which was held at the Monastery of Yuste on the eve of the delivery of Carlos V 2006 award former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl . For me it was a privilege to attend as a mere listener to a Europeanism masterclass given by the flower of the political intelligentsia, social and cultural life of Europe: Felipe González, Jorge Sampaio , José Saramago , Marcelino ear, Swaam Abram, Paul Preston , etc. Despite being blinded by being in such intellectual Olympus , I got a conclusion: if all these personalities were so clear what should be the direction to be followed by Europe the welfare of its citizens, how it may cost much to implement this theory?
In recent days we have witnessed how in the Republic of Ireland the majority of voters (not social majority) have been rejected by referendum the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty "substitute for the failed Euroconstitución - hard-won consensus leaders of the European Union. Perplexed recently attended the controversial adoption of the so-called Return Directive on illegal immigration, which affects the length of detention (6 months maximum, expandable up to 18), repatriation of children still in school, the inability of a deported back to the EU within 5 years, etc.., may be a starting point to achieve a common immigration policy, but clearly do not appreciate your affinity with the provisions of the Convention ECHR. For more derision, now there is the debate on extending working hours to 65 hours a week ... Is this building the European Union from a base? Where are the principles that inspired it? Can the European institutions to legislate back to society and then blame on the cessation of the Union when they disagree with the measures being taken? To answer This last question I prefer the idea launched by the President of the Junta de Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara : "Euro-skepticism is not the cause but the consequence of the problem, the cause is rather the need find solid leadership in all EU joint project pull forward ".
This week they met again in Cáceres and Yuste, as every year, a large group of European personalities from the worlds of politics, culture, philosophy, literature, university, etc. This time, on the eve of the surrender of Charles V 2008 award the former President of Parliament European Simone Veil, the European Academy of Yuste Foundation held a meeting which dealt with a question: "Europe, content and shared educational values. What should young people know about Europe? ". Again, the intellectual Olympus of Europe has expressed the need that the citizens take a more active role and a greater role in the construction of Europe, also with an attitude somewhat "patriarchal" Young Europeans propose that we start from teaching means to be aware of the importance of the Union, all through an interactive curriculum on Civilization European high school students.
I think these forums would have to start listening to humble voice of those young people who, in most cases, we are also a reflection of what our elders about Europe ... In a globalized world, we can not conform with European Union financial and commercial can not be taking steps backward in the social order to maintain the strength of economic power. This requires also claim that our union is politically on the basis of social welfare of European citizenship, which he attended basic rights and civil liberties at this point does not appear to be shielded.
feeling I join the members of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation. But I trust that all is not a statement of intent, that the theory is applied once to practice and that our leaders begin to realize measures to strengthen the Union.
It is now a couple of years I had the opportunity to participate as a representative of the students at the University of Extremadura in meeting on the future of Europe which was held at the Monastery of Yuste on the eve of the delivery of Carlos V 2006 award former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl . For me it was a privilege to attend as a mere listener to a Europeanism masterclass given by the flower of the political intelligentsia, social and cultural life of Europe: Felipe González, Jorge Sampaio , José Saramago , Marcelino ear, Swaam Abram, Paul Preston , etc. Despite being blinded by being in such intellectual Olympus , I got a conclusion: if all these personalities were so clear what should be the direction to be followed by Europe the welfare of its citizens, how it may cost much to implement this theory?
In recent days we have witnessed how in the Republic of Ireland the majority of voters (not social majority) have been rejected by referendum the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty "substitute for the failed Euroconstitución - hard-won consensus leaders of the European Union. Perplexed recently attended the controversial adoption of the so-called Return Directive on illegal immigration, which affects the length of detention (6 months maximum, expandable up to 18), repatriation of children still in school, the inability of a deported back to the EU within 5 years, etc.., may be a starting point to achieve a common immigration policy, but clearly do not appreciate your affinity with the provisions of the Convention ECHR. For more derision, now there is the debate on extending working hours to 65 hours a week ... Is this building the European Union from a base? Where are the principles that inspired it? Can the European institutions to legislate back to society and then blame on the cessation of the Union when they disagree with the measures being taken? To answer This last question I prefer the idea launched by the President of the Junta de Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara : "Euro-skepticism is not the cause but the consequence of the problem, the cause is rather the need find solid leadership in all EU joint project pull forward ".
This week they met again in Cáceres and Yuste, as every year, a large group of European personalities from the worlds of politics, culture, philosophy, literature, university, etc. This time, on the eve of the surrender of Charles V 2008 award the former President of Parliament European Simone Veil, the European Academy of Yuste Foundation held a meeting which dealt with a question: "Europe, content and shared educational values. What should young people know about Europe? ". Again, the intellectual Olympus of Europe has expressed the need that the citizens take a more active role and a greater role in the construction of Europe, also with an attitude somewhat "patriarchal" Young Europeans propose that we start from teaching means to be aware of the importance of the Union, all through an interactive curriculum on Civilization European high school students.
I think these forums would have to start listening to humble voice of those young people who, in most cases, we are also a reflection of what our elders about Europe ... In a globalized world, we can not conform with European Union financial and commercial can not be taking steps backward in the social order to maintain the strength of economic power. This requires also claim that our union is politically on the basis of social welfare of European citizenship, which he attended basic rights and civil liberties at this point does not appear to be shielded.
feeling I join the members of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation. But I trust that all is not a statement of intent, that the theory is applied once to practice and that our leaders begin to realize measures to strengthen the Union.
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