{"id":850,"date":"2021-04-21T12:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T10:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/europe-europe\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T13:12:45","slug":"europe-europe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/en\/europe-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe! Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells   av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_slideshow_full  avia-builder-el-first  av-cell-min-height av-cell-min-height-50 container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '   data-av_minimum_height_pc='50'>\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-first   avia-full-stretch \"  style='background:url(https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/view-child-wearing-red-blouse-blowing-dandelion-field-while-sunny-day.jpg) center center no-repeat scroll; vertical-align:middle; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_cell_one_third  el_before_av_cell_one_third   avia-full-stretch \"  style='background:url(https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/austin-pacheco-FtL07GM9Q7Y-unsplash-2.jpg) center center no-repeat scroll; 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border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible  av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section  av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#213b85; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"font-size: 4vw;\">Europe! Europe?<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section  av-desktop-hide\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#213b85; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"font-size: 40px;\">Europe! Europe?<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission until November 2019, wrote in March 2017: <strong>\u201cThe European Union has changed our lives for the better. Now we must ensure that it stays that way for the ones who follow us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maybe we should simply involve the ones who follow us in the shaping of Europe. In a way that meets their requirements: <strong>Children are our dearest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_slideshow_full  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='full_slider_2'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow  av-desktop-hide  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_four_fifth   slider-not-first container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='342'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-lazy_loading='disabled'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-2  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 66.71875%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-2' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img class=\"wp-image-682 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-682\"  src=\"https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" title='Kids sitting together' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_2'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-850'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-equal-height-column-flextable -flextable' ><div class=\"flex_column av_four_fifth  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle first  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='padding:0px 0px 0px 100px ; border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-   av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide  avia-builder-el-15  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='wp-image-682 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-682 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together.jpg\" alt='' title='Kids sitting together' height=\"1708\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/children-capital.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/group-kids-friends-arm-around-sitting-together-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_four_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section  av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>\u201cChildren should be enabled to be heard much more in the future \u2013 that is one of the main objectives of our association.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 -->\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#5767a5; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Looking Backward<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In November 1983, a first idea gave a happy face to this continent. Greek Culture Minister Melina Mercouri introduced her idea of a European Capital of Culture to her European colleagues for the first time. \u201cCulture is the spirit of society. And not less valuable than technology, commerce and economy\u201d, was the message of the former actress. Two years later Athens became the first European Capital of Culture. One could surely not contradict our message neither back then nor today: \u201cChildren are the spirit of society. And much more valuable than technology, commerce and economy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Europe was not friends at that time. No good mate to enjoy spending a few hours with. More of an annoying companion. An unnecessary contemporary, somehow. The Dutch European Commission President at that time in 1974, Sicco Mansholt described the people\u2019s approval of the European Union and of its leitmotiv \u201cunited in diversity\u201d with the following words: \u201cThe citizen \u2026 turns away and with a certain reluctance lets the institutions stew in their own juice.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Europe was quite a patched-up union that was about coal and steel (ECSC) and economy (EEC), about Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and butter mountain, depletion of trade barriers and market regulation. Culture? Nothing doing. Sicco Mansholt: \u201cIt is about time to choose between a Europe of companies, commerce, market on the one hand and a social Europe, a humane Europe on the other hand.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>One year later, that is 45 years ago, Belgian Prime Minister Leo Tindemans drafted a \u201cEurope for the citizens\u201d and called for the unifying elements of the European nations. The Europeans of tomorrow must be shown the European reality as a personal and tangible experience, and we must impart them thorough knowledge of our languages and cultures, because this way common heritage grows to protect the European Union.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Finally, it was about new areas of identification. Because long-term Commission President Jacques Delors is cited to have boiled it down to: \u201cWho will fall in love with an internal market?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The idea grew \u2013 and was extremely successful. What a great gain! Europe could very well be vivacious and colourful, creative and diverse, exciting and contradictory, too. Profoundly humane. A city of culture became the European Capital of Culture. The tentative beginning developed into a success story of more than 35 years. An isolated summer event in one city developed into year-round cultural events in two European cities per year within three phases (The phases of initializing, testing and establishing according to J\u00fcrgen Mittag: The idea of the European Capital of Culture). They attract an increasing number of tourists from all over the world. Mittag: \u201c\u2026 with the aim to bring the common and the diverse facets of European culture into the focus of public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#5767a5; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Europe Today<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Europe of the early 20\u2019s is under enormous pressure. One speaks of it as a sick person (\u201cPatient Europe\u201d, \u201cEurope of the Selfish\u201d). The idea of Europe is called into question by its opponents, who are multiplying and gathering strength. Growing nationalism, racism, authoritarianism, isolationism, retreat to parochialism, right-wing extremism, regional selfinterest, Brexit. At risk are democracy, constitutionality, solidarity, philanthropy, participation, civil rights, an open society, liberalism, concern and care for the Poor and disadvantaged.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#5767a5; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>This is Europe through the eyes of the citizens (White Book on the future of Europe):<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>More than two thirds of the Europeans think of EU as an island of stability in an unsettled world. More than 80 percent favour the four basic liberties of EU (free movement of people, merchandise, services and capital). 70 percent of the citizens of the area of the Euro support their common currency. And yet the citizen\u2019s confidence in the EU as well as the confidence in their national authorities has decreased. Only a third of the Europeans have trust in the EU today; ten years ago it was 50 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-32  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-33  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-34  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#5767a5; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>This is Europe through the eyes of some experts:<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u201cRollercoaster\u201d by the British historian Ian Kershaw is a comprehensive history of Europe from 1950 until today. According to Kershaw, one cannot talk about a continuous progress in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, as it was claimed in the preamble of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. \u201cEurope fought for freedom and won. It has reached a state of wealth which is envied by a global majority. But its pursuit of unity and a clear feeling of identity goes on.\u201d He foresees a danger: insecurity in Europe caused by terrorism and migration and the return of a rigid and aggressive nationalism could lead to a point where Europe in its fragile state finds itself again plagued by the evil spirits of its past.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-37  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-equal-height-column-flextable -flextable' ><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top first  avia-builder-el-38  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" style='border-width:1px; border-color:#5f8789; border-style:solid; padding:20px 30px 20px 30px ; border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Kirian Klaus Patel<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cProject Europe\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The institutional structure of the EU \u201cwould be (\u2026) prone to a fundamental crisis, if various grave challenges occurred at the same time \u2013 if for example separatist movements, massive economic upheavals, undermining of the rule of law and military tension would have to be dealt with simultaneously.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top   avia-builder-el-40  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" style='border-width:1px; border-color:#5f8789; border-style:solid; padding:20px 30px 20px 30px ; border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Jan Zielonka<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cKonterrevolution\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenerally, EU has reacted to the requirements and demands of the economic lobbyists more than to the ordinary citizens. It turned out to be a Trojan horse that strengthened the lasting dominance of the markets over democracy.\u201d As long as this goes on, it is not surprising that more and more people lose faith in the EU and in democracy and follow the nationalistic pied pipers in the end.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top   avia-builder-el-42  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-width:1px; border-color:#5f8789; border-style:solid; padding:20px 30px 20px 30px ; border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Hans-Peter Martin<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cGame Over\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He thinks that the EU has never really won the Europeans\u2019 hearts. Because of the missing social dimension millions of workers perceive the EU as a reckless internal market dominated by the big players, above all major corporations particularly from Germany. The European Union is in an existential crisis today it cannot survive according to Martin\u2019s judgement: \u201cThe various trouble spots are meshed and will cause the system crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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