For a Sovereign Europe

While anti-European forces are still raging, pro-Europeans seem impotent and deprived of a strong, clear and convincing alternative. This book is an attempt to fill that void: reacting to the anti-European wave, it also outlines a strong criticism both of the current EU and of its advocates.

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Sophie Heine is a Dr in Politics, novelist and author of several books on Euroscepticism, individual freedom, the left and gender equality. As a public intellectual, she conceives of her academic work as being closely intertwined with her militancy in various civil society movements. This book emerged as a combination of intellectual work (among others, at Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations and Oxford University) and practical militancy within the European federalist world and, more specifically, in the movement Stand Up for Europe.

Inhalt

Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Foreword xi

Preface xv

Introduction xix

Chapter 1

From National to European Sovereignty 1

Chapter 2

Sovereignty without Identity: For a New Cosmopolitan Approach 21

Chapter 3

A Legitimate European Government: A Liberal Approach 41

Chapter 4

Common Policies for a Sovereign Europe 63

Chapter 5

Realism, Agency and Individual Freedom 75

Conclusion

Practical Strategies to Build a Sovereign Europe 89

Bibliography 99