- 04, 08, 2016
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- Ben Ryan, Nick Spencer, solidarity, Subsidiarity
The elusive quest for subsidiarity, solidarity and responsibility
In this thought piece Ben Ryan and Nick Spencer reason that if the basis of European integration is to be that the EU will make people richer then it is doomed. Instead, they argue that the only sustainable basis for union is to be based on something more fundamental; something moral, perhaps even spiritual. They make the case that A recovery of the moral mission of Europe and in particular the courage to put solidarity, subsidiarity and responsibility back at the top of the priority list is not naïve utopian politics – it is the last best chance for the EU to really work.
Read More- 11, 25, 2015
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- Ben Ryan, Forgiveness, Nick Spencer, Peace
Towards a progressive peace in Europe
Nick Spencer & Ben Ryan from Theos make the case that Europe won’t overcome many of the challenges facing it without investing further in forgiveness and reconciliation.
Read More- 11, 20, 2015
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- Caroline Spelman, Forgiveness, Peace, Reconciliation
Reconciling communities
Overall cohesion in a community can bring ‘peace’ amongst the residents, tolerance and understanding. But how is cohesion brought about? Conservative MP Caroline Spelman looks at how we create reconcilied & shared communities locally, and asks whether such a process might assist in reforming the EU?
Read More- 11, 04, 2015
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- Adrian Hilton, Forgiveness, Peace
A union reconciled to rancorous division
Adrian Hilton explores how the Monnet-Schuman vision for peace and reconciliation has vanished in anti-democratic assertions of infallible dogma and immutable truths. Can you have true peace without organic feelings of loyalty and fraternity?
Read More- 11, 02, 2015
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- Alison Elliot, Forgiveness, Peace
Pregnant with fear and hope
Alison Elliot explores how hope and fear have shaped Europe down the centuries and are likely to continue do so for the foreseable future.
Read More- 10, 26, 2015
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- Culture, History, Loretta Minghella, Memory
A part of the main?
Drawing on Christian Aid’s post war history, Loretta Minghella argues that the challenges facing Europe today underline the importance of the EU’s foundational values.
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