Sovereignty: the word that divides Europe

On the left, in red, Ursula von der Leyer, the President of the European Commission and the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (on the right), during her speech to the European Parliament meeting in Strasbourg, on October 19, 2021. © Ronald Wittek / AP

By: Frédérique Lebel

1 min

It has been a long time since Europe was so divided on the issue of federalism.

Is national sovereignty undermined by the all-powerful European justice?

Or should we work towards European sovereignty which guarantees the rule of law?

The question divides European countries, but also our political parties.

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Is it a question of the legitimate defense of states, of nations against the all-powerful bureaucratic power of Brussels?

Or does this word rather hide the defense of nationalism, of a power which does not want to be taught lessons of democracy by the European Union?  

We are talking about state sovereignty.

But there is also European sovereignty, that of a political Europe which is asserting itself on the international scene and which France would like to see emerge, and now also Germany.  

To talk about it, two guests:

- Céline Spector

, professor of political philosophy at the University of La Sorbonne in Paris, who publishes at the Seuil:

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A demanding test which calls for a European Federal Republic 

- Max-Erwann Gastineau

, columnist, essayist.

He published with the editions of Cerf

 or how to understand Poland and Hungary, two countries which pose as defenders of their sovereignty!  

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