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NEW 2024: Due to current events, I have revised both
articles and integrated them into a single article:
Overcoming Eurosclerosis
2.0.
Here I published a political analysis of the current situation in the EU
and a
plea for
an update of the EU.
Published 2021:
The
European.
Eurosclerosis 2.0: Creating ruins in
peacetime?
Bigoted hurrah Europeans and hurrah nationalists drive the EU into the
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Several generations worked hard for over 50 years for
the EU to flourish politically and economically. But for the last two decades,
a generation spoiled by prosperity has been driving the EU into the ground.
The decadence and incompetence of the European elites
that Europeans have endured for two decades is unprecedented. No EU generation
has had such a bad record since the Second World War. These elites drove the
EU into second class status, and the EU is now a case of restructuring in many
areas.
Everything has both positive and negative effects,
including peace and prosperity. The collateral damage of European prosperity
can best be explained in the words of Juvenal (around 60–127), the specialist
in Roman decadence:
“Now we bear the evils of long peace:
We are oppressed by what is harder than war, by luxury.”
You can find the article in PDF format here:
lauer.biz/eurosclerosis.pdf.
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European Union 2.0. Bringing the EU up to date |
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This article explains why updating the EU is better than
revolutionizing it by rebooting it. It discusses how to overcome Eurosclerosis
2.0. The EU needs neither revolutionary innovations nor counter-revolutionary
turns, but an incremental and innovative further development. In short: the
wheel doesn’t need to be reinvented.
The EU multi-level system must be preserved in its
complexity and further developed through constant incremental improvements
(kaizen) as well as through innovations. Furthermore, complementarity between
market and state is important; without it, neither technological innovation
nor security and prosperity are possible. Above all, the EU must become a
digital knowledge society, which is why I advocate an update of the EU.
You can find the article in PDF format here:
lauer.biz/eu-20-en.pdf.
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