Our Europe

The Task — Building Europe from the Bottom Up

BERNHARD SCHNEIDER

The EU as a Scapegoat

The question is on the table as to what legitimation and which forms of cohabitation will keep the European Union…

European Republic Needed

ULRIKE GUÉROT

Brexit happened, but Brussels seems to be unwilling to face the tough questions. No compromise, no pick and choose for the UK, and no need to reform. The EU stays as it is and anyone who does not accept this is wrong and thrown out. It’s a huge…

Mission Statement

The Pre-Conference

A Soul for Europe mobilizes citizens and democratic institutions across Europe, fostering a sense of responsibility for the future of Europe and democracy through culture. It is our goal to connect communities in order to build a common…

The Brexit

The Cultural Sector Must Take Countermeasures

KLAUS-DIETER LEHMANN

I’ve always seen Europe in its cultural diversity. Blaise Pascal wrote, “The multitude which is not brought to act as a unity is confusion. That unity which has…

Urban Agenda for the EU

It comes down to implementation

HELLA DUNGER-LÖPER

Europe is the continent of cities, more than 70% of all Europeans live in urban areas. Hence it is entirely astounding, that the need for an EU Urban Agenda has…

Europe After Brexit

RUPERT GRAF STRACHWITZ

After Brexit, the only bright side of all this may be that all over Europe, including the UK, civil society and individual citizens are beginning to rethink Europe. Many people know very well there is no alternative but to get on with building…

No Culture No Europe

A Land of Studious Peoples

GYÖRGY KONRÁD

What is the role of culture in European integration? It is lasting and decisive. A unitary European culture existed before an economic or political community in Europe. This is…

Europe on the Move

ERHARD BUSEK

Civil society has begun to fight, but it must be encouraged to move even further. Civil society initiatives have become more effective than governments, and not only in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In its ancient Greek origin, democracy was thought of as an…