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Monday,Nov 23 2009, 12:27:25 PMOn the occasion of the election of EU heads
European Leadership: a"director general" or a "monarch" without thrown?!
Election of Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian Prime minister and Lady Ashton, an ordinary European commissioner for the , otherwise , supposedly heavy posts as, EU's President and Rep for the foreign affairs, is more reminding us of the old question : " what the European Union really is?" rather than " who its leaders are?"
Many critics have been demonstrating their disappointments based on their own expectations. In real terms , European Union is viewed by two different , sometimes controversial views. One , before ratification of the EU's constitution which later, was trimmed as Lisbon treaty was aimed at creating a new superstate of Europe ,, undermining the roles of the national states. Internationally however, this superpower was due to confront the pressures of two giant rivals of the today ,, the US ( with decreasing power but still a super power) and the other China and the so called: " emerging new markets and economies". apparently a superstate cant do the job while an international organization can.
So, the idea of such an evolution was indeed a movement toward securing Europeans power position in the world of today. The same idea that has been very much strange and unfamiliar to the European nationalism. Beside, undermining a huge gap between the Europeans and Europeans.
Simple fact of being the cradle of two world wars and many nationalistic conflicts , not to mention the former Yugoslavia and additional Balkan tensions on the Eastern front in our time , together with the new front lines in the Middle East and Asia, justifies the nationalistic decision making's overhand in the European Union , such as electing Internationally gray and unknown president and foreign minister. There are even doubts about using the title of "minister" for Lady Ashton , because there are sensitivities in that would be interpreted as a post united Europe's minister for foreign affairs. In the case of the very nice and gentle Mr Rompuy. I am sure they could not run away from the responsibility of electing a president according to the Lisbon agreement, otherwise they might as well call him " General director " or the chairman of the committee of Europe , instead of just "president".
This is exactly what I intend to deal with in these lines. There is simply no " United Europe" as if you might make a parallel with: United States ( States of the Union with federal government , military and foreign policy) or Republic of China , gathered of huge amount of states ( some even with autonomy ) , but highly centralized in a central government.
Both of the cases above, disregard of the fact that they contain many states ( or provinces if you like ), are being called as one and same state. the United States is making one state and the same goes for China. Their rivalries and hostile wars to keep the states as they are today , are already passed history,while Europe is still in the era of its nationalism.
The complexity of European's national states' sovereignty question ,, is not a new story , as mentioned earlier ,, there have been wars emphasizing their national and local interests and cultural behaviors.
But this is a unity after all? isn't it?!
Simultaneously however , the establishment of European Union was aimed as resolving new problems facing this unity which I rather to call it an "international organization" than a "superstate".
In view of the fact of International organization's survival struggle to face new challenges, European Union finds its real meaning , while in the shadow of some ideal thinking of the" unity of Europe" it is not even as united as it should be to be labeled as an international organization. By this term even United Nation has more sense of unity in itself than the EU. However the question is whether it is necessary to be a superstate to face European challenges?!
In the case of Europe with diversities of super-economies such as German and France on the one hand and weak , still developing ones such as Greece and the new joined Ex-Eastern ones such as Hungary,check Republic , Romania and others, finding an overall solution for elected head of unity posts , if not impossible but is next to a nightmare.
In an organization , you might even chose the least important member states representatives to fill the seat , without the authority and sovereignty of the giant members gets violated. In a superstate, if such an election would be possible after all,, it will lead to a range of military conflicts front on the one hand and revolutions( even in the shape of extensive street riots) on the other ,, with the high eventuality of division of the unity at the end of the day.
In a superstate, the tax purposeful policies will work for the whole state according to the constitution, while in an international organization, if any common taxation policies , it would work for all members evenly with no possible sanctions at all. In Europe we have, not even hyper rich classes ,,, but even hyper rich nations , opposing the extreme poor classes and regions.Once in the history , if we might get a bit nostalgic ,, with a hypothetical level of dis-balance between the first millenniums nation states in Europe , such unity would be plausible by the help of extensive prolonged bloodshed and wars. In the case of Europe the bloodshed were there , but a balance of military power we present as well. The result if balance of power in today's Europe that we are witnessing today.
What is the joint interests of these two categories of the people to let them elect " powerful "and "meaningful" presidencies and representative for the foreign affairs?! Obviously , either the mighty economies should use all the tricks to evade from the constitution's rules , or they should empty the content of these posts of its real meaning , in order not to give it a "veto" position, all because this post might someday get occupied by the representatives of the poor states.This is dangerous not only for Europe , but for Europe's international commitments!
In addition,, who will deal with an Romanian president ( who incidentally , according to the super-state's constitution is a real head of a real state, while Germany and France were forced to keep their voice down until his presidency is over?
Add to this the diversity of the economies of Europe even among the mighty nations , such as French agricultural sector's representatives on the "seat of power" opposed by the German heavy industrial minded magnates,,, the clashes of vital interests would create a new international war , instead of any unity at all.
Election of Gray Characters such as Van Rompuy and baroness Ashton by above mentioned criteria was not only wise , but necessary as well because the founders of the European Union well aware of these controversies in the context of this union , intended to bridge over the lop holes that the unity is suffering from , instead of creating an ideal symbol of unity. This is a practical decision which was well managed by the wise guys to fill insignificant posts with still less significant bureaucratic gray heads. An unpopular , somewhat humiliating, but very practical and wise decision.
But the main question still remains, for how long this mercantile, opportunistic style of bridging over the loop holes, instead of making the real changes will work? All the signs of the present Europe shows the needs of real "changes",,, simply because an international Organization needs to change to survive after all.
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