Comments on: Independence in Europe https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/independence-in-europe/ Informing the Debate Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Miquel Saumell https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/independence-in-europe/#comment-6559 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:03:28 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/?p=670#comment-6559 I fully agree with Martí Adillón’s response, even if perhaps somebody (not me) will consider his last sentence as too optimistic.

]]> By: Jon Danzig https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/independence-in-europe/#comment-6558 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:55:01 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/?p=670#comment-6558 EU Commission President, José Barroso, has called for a revival of Winston Churchill’s vision for a kind of ‘United States of Europe’. Nonsense, responded the eurosceptics. Churchill was ‘one of us’ and he would’ve voted UKIP!

Who’s right? See my latest ‘EU ROPE’ blog: ‘Winston Churchill – a founder of the European Union’

http://eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu/2013/11/10/winston-churchill-a-founder-of-the-european-union/

]]> By: Francesc Xavier Saludes https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/independence-in-europe/#comment-6553 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:00:43 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/?p=670#comment-6553 The very guiding principles of European democratic model in achieving success to dilute the tension between Formal State & Very Nation: Territorial subsidiarity and Democratic accountability. The former as a matter of efficiency, economic and social; the latter as a matter of deep justice, cultural and historical. Isn’t it ?

]]> By: Bellpuig per la independència L'investigador espanyol Luis Moreno destaca l'impacte del referèndum escocès en la UE - Bellpuig per la independència https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/independence-in-europe/#comment-6546 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 07:00:30 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/?p=670#comment-6546 […] del CSIC i ‘honorary fellow’ de la Universitat d’Edimburg, acaba de publicar un article al blocdedicat al referèndum escocès del 2014 d’aquesta última institució on en destaca […]

]]> By: Martí Adillon https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/independence-in-europe/#comment-6544 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:39:37 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/?p=670#comment-6544 It’s much easier than that: there is no fragmentation of the nation-state because Scotland is not a part of a nation. It’s a nation itself. It’s like the conflict between Catalonia and Spain. Spain it’s not a nation-state, but it’s a state with few nations inside. And in few months time, when Catalonia becomes independent will create a new nation-state of its own.

]]> By: joxe https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/independence-in-europe/#comment-6477 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:37:42 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/referendum/?p=670#comment-6477 This is an interesting and balanced comment. Territorial subsidiarity and democratic accountability are indeed two key principles of European integration. Yet they are to be understood and contrasted against a background of (1) territorial fragmentation and transnational decision-making by actors that are resilient to territorial jurisdiction and (2) decisions adopted by technocrats and financial elites escaping democratic debate and control and jeopardising the European social welfare models. Democratic participation and citizen involvement are crucial to reinstate the welfare model but markets, especially financial markets are pulling in different directions

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