“Ecologism” as an Attempt to Overcome the Ideological Crisis of &quot;Europeanism&quot;
Chankov Georgi Geоrgiev
Successful European integration requires its own ideology. This is "Europeanism". In this article "Europeanism" examined as an internally contradictory combination of irrational and rational considerations, officially presented part the paradigm Enlightenment. After expulsion rival ideologies, neoliberalism builds basis today's Europeanism, which claims to be scientific, together with several theories. Practice refutes most these constructions after 2008 crisis, both economically politically. Integration theories cannot explain why free market failing. The crisis in Eurozone 2011 revitalized economic nationalism contributed erosion dominant paradigm. political field Europeanism has failed attempt transform EU's immediate environment a positive way. enforcement multiculturalism, despite acknowledgments that it “has failed”, split Union internally. reaction collapse belief hence rise Euroscepticism. organize some kind "Counter-Reformation" search lost loyalty, elite trying renew supplement ideological one directions (delete ‘the’) left-wing neoliberalism, namely "ecologism". It tries impose - domestically internationally, fight against "global warming" cause will give new impetus social development particular, well ‘to’) solve specific problems energy poor Union. ecological ingredient very suitable psychologically "alarmism" received by rich “anxious” societies. Economically could help restrain competitors on world market. But success does not seem certain.
International journal of European studies