Imbali yaseYurophu ibonelela ngomboniso wabantu kwindawo embi kakhulu. Ungquzulwano oluhlala lukhona, ezona mfazwe zimbini zaphalala igazi elininzi kwakha kwaliwa, indlala, ushishino olukhohlakeleyo, ingcinezelo yabasebenzi kunye nabasetyhini, iimfazwe zenkolo, ubukoloniyali, ubuFasi, ubukomanisi - zonke ezi zinto zidyobha ixesha lethu elidlulileyo. Kodwa iYurophu iphinda imele olona luntu lubalaseleyo luye lwaphunyezwa, lunika ihlabathi i-Renaissance, ukuKhanya, umzabalazo oqhubekayo wokukhululwa, idemokhrasi kunye nokwahlulwa kwamagunya, imeko yentlalontle - singasathethi ke ngegalelo lenkcubeko eyaziwayo kwihlabathi jikelele ukusuka kwidrama yamaGrike ukuya kwi-Finnegans Wake , ukusuka kwiokhestra yesymphony ukuya kwifolksong yaseIreland.
Wazalelwa kwi
Ngenxa yezi zizathu nezinye, ndiye ndavotela ukuba hayi kumgaqo-siseko waseYurophu oneempazamo ngokunzulu, ongenademokhrasi ngoMeyi 2005. Ukuba urhulumente waseFransi akazange ahluthe ilungelo labantu lolunye uvoto, ngendandivotele kwakhona ukuba hayi kwiSivumelwano โsoHlaziyoโ saseLisbon โ i-clone yomgaqo-siseko owaliwe, ngaphandle "kotshintsho lwe-cosmetic" okwenza "lula ukugwinya", njengoko uValรฉry Giscard d'Estaing, umbhali oyintloko womgaqo-siseko, wathi. Akukho flegi, akukho culo likaBeethoven, kodwa okuseleyo kukho njengoko uAngela Merkel, uJosรฉ Manuel Barroso, uBertie Ahern kunye nabanye abadumileyo baseYurophu bonke bevumile.
Umnqophiso awunazo zinguqu zibambekayo. Kunzima kakhulu ukuqonda, kubi ngakumbi kunomgaqo-siseko ontsonkothileyo. Ngoku kufuneka sijongane nezivumelwano ezimbini zaseYurophu (iRoma, 1957, neMaastricht, 1992, nohlaziyo lwazo olwalandelayo) ezithi
Akukho mbhalo omnye - kufuneka usike, uncamathisele kwaye uqokelele amakhulu amaphepha ngokwakho. Oyena mncinane kufuneka afune kwisivumelwano esiya kuyalela ubuncinci be 80 pesenti yayo yonke imithetho yexesha elizayo.
Kukho iinguqulelo ezimbalwa eziluncedo kumgaqo-siseko ongasekhoyo. Umnqophiso omtsha unika iPalamente yaseYurophu, iqumrhu elikhethiweyo kuphela, ngokuncinci amandla angaphezulu okuthatha isigqibo malunga nomthetho, nangona kunjalo ayikwazi ukuqalisa umthetho.
Nangona kunjalo, iKomishoni yaseYurophu engakhethwanga ihlala inamandla onke, ngakumbi kwiindawo ezibalulekileyo ezifana norhwebo. Inqaku elitsha lichaza injongo yaseYurophu "yokudityaniswa kwawo onke amazwe kuqoqosho lwehlabathi ngokucinezelwa kwezithintelo kurhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe". Umkomishinala osele esele engumkhomishinala wezorhwebo uPeter Mandelson utyhalela ukungena kwamashishini aseYurophu nakuwona mazwe ahlwempuzekileyo, echaza "imiqobo" njengawo nawuphi na umlinganiselo karhulumente olawula utyalo-mali lwangaphandle, ukuthengwa koluntu, ukukhuselwa kwendalo okanye ukhuseleko lwabathengi.
I-European Central Bank ifumana ummiselo wentsimbi ngakumbi wokuzimela geqe kulawulo lwezopolitiko; Isigunyaziso salo sihlala silawula ukunyuka kwamaxabiso ngaphandle kokukhankanywa kwengqesho epheleleyo. "Imarike" (i-63 ikhankanya kwisicatshulwa) ihlala ilungile kwaye "ukhuphiswano" (i-25 ikhankanya) umgaqo ogqithiseleyo. Iinkonzo zoluntu ziphantsi kokhuphiswano ngokukodwa: inkxaso-mali karhulumente okanye ezinye iindlela zenkxaso ziya kuba yingozi ngakumbi. Imigaqo-nkqubo yentlalo-ntle yaseYurophu iya kufuna imvume ngamxhelo-mnye - oku kukuncoma ugqatso oluya ezantsi. UMqulu wamaLungelo aSisiseko ungaphantsi kwimigaqo-siseko ekhoyo yaseYurophu.
Iindawo zokhuseleko kunye nezokhuseleko ezifanayo
Esi siVumelwano saseLisbon ngumzekelo wokungaphumeleli kwe-neo-liberal nostrums zoqoqosho kunye nokuzithemba okungafanelekanga kwimarike kunye nokhuphiswano njengezonyango zehlabathi. Abantu baseYurophu bafanelwe ngcono, ukuqala ngengqungquthela ekhethiweyo yokuyila umgaqo-siseko, ixesha lengxoxo epheleleyo kunye nenkqubo yokuqinisekiswa ethandwayo.
IYurophu ngoku igqwesile
USusan George lilungu kunye noSihlalo weBhodi yeTransnational Institute. Iincwadi zakhe zamva nje La Pensรฉe enchaรฎnรฉe: Comment les droites laรฏque et religieuse se sont emparรฉes de l'Amรฉrique [Fayard, 2007], iza kupapashwa ngesiNgesi njenge: Ukuqweqwedisa iMelika: Indlela iNkolo kunye neLungelo leSizwe elitshintshe ngayo into ecingwa ngabantu baseMelika [Okuzayo, iPolity Press 2008], kunye Thina bantu baseYurophu [Pluto Press, 2008].
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