This assessment was created in the context of the seminar ‘Ideas, Ideologies and Identities in Europe'. Therefore the essay seeks to answer if there are any European people, what does it mean to be European and can be the European identity be created? In order to answer those questions the...

The recent European elections have shown a sharp rise in parties and independent parliament members generally perceived as “Eurosceptic”. Against this background, this paper analyses the interconnections between distressed economies, the fall of confidence in traditional political parties,...

Seit einigen Jahren bereits taumelt Europa von einer Krise in die nächste. Allen Beschwichtigungen zum Trotz verlieren Deutschland und die europäischen Staaten des Nordens durch den Euro unaufhörlich Milliardenvermögen zugunsten überschuldeter Volkswirtschaften in Südeuropa. 2015 erlebte...