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My Europe

In times of economic gloom, it can sometimes be hard to remember what all this talk of "the European project" was about. For this series Comment is free and Presseurop have asked several writers to look beyond the crisis and tell us their hopes, fears and aspirations for Europe in 2011.

25 January 2011

  • Europe must move beyond mere tolerance

    Slavoj Žižek
    Slavoj Žižek: My Europe: The EU must unite its people in a common struggle, breaking the deadlock between anaemic liberals and impassioned extremists

22 January 2011

  • Lofoten Islands, Norway

    From Norway, the hopes of a former Eurosceptic

    Cathrine Holst
    Cathrine Holst: My Europe: Like all good leftists, I once campaigned against joining the EU. Now my concern is for a more social and democratic Europe

5 January 2011

  • The EU needs to stand up to the nationalists

    Fernando Savater
    Fernando Savater: My Europe: I want to live in a society where talent is recognised regardless of borders, ethnicity or religion – now who will lead us there?

4 January 2011

  • David Cameron

    A new two-speed Europe could leave Britain behind

    David Rennie
    David Rennie: My Europe: Life in the slow lane would be a worry for UK trade should an inner core develop around rescuing the single currency

3 January 2011

  • May Europe's multicultural new generation succeed where we failed

    Loretta Napoleoni

    Loretta Napoleoni: My Europe: I hope my son will be part of a continent that breaks free of history's straitjacket

31 December 2010

  • In London and Athens, protesters are rekindling the true European spirit

    Costas Douzinas
    Costas Douzinas: My Europe: The idea of Europe must go back to a democracy that resists fake economic orthodoxy and false monoculturalism

30 December 2010

  • Turkey Europe

    Europe should let go of grand ideas

    Paweł Świeboda

    Paweł Świeboda: My Europe: Being together has lost its lustre for Europe, but it will find a way if it shares its political, social and economic model with the world

29 December 2010

  • teenager Berlin Wall

    Europe is a troubled adolescent that just needs to grow up

    Philippe Perchoc

    Philippe Perchoc: My Europe:The EU has a problem of self-perception, wrongly believing itself to be too big and awkward. If only it could see how beautiful it is

28 December 2010

  • Dreams and nightmares of Europe in the 2040s

    Petra Hulova

    Petra Hulova: My Europe: The 'European subspecies' is dying out? The future of Europe belongs to women? Well, perhaps

27 December 2010

  • It's not perfect, but the European Union works the way it is

    Thomas Brussig

    Thomas Brussig: My Europe: 'The house of Europe' has closed the door to some seeking to enter, but European integration has accomplished great things

26 December 2010

  • European Commission

    Europe needs a change of heart

    Tim Parks

    Tim Parks: My Europe: Refashioning the world rather than fighting to keep it as it is – that's the kind of vision Europeans need to share

23 December 2010

  • The souring of Turkey's European dream

    Orhan Pamuk

    In the first of My Europe, a series in which writers look beyond the financial crisis, Orhan Pamuk laments a growing callousness to migrants and minorities

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