The European Union has been far more successful than anyone expected when the Treaty of Rome was signed half a century ago, on 25 March 1957. But as political Europe turns 50, the questions about its future are as open as ever. In a special focus, we present some of the most outstanding contributions on the European project published in Eurozine: From analyses by Jacques Rupnik and Jan-Werner Müller of the current European crisis, to inquiries by Slavenka Drakulic and Ales Debeljak into transnational identity building; from Göran Rosenberg's federalist arguments, to György Spiró's hilarious parody of Brussels' bureaucratic literary ambitions. [ more ]

Published 2007-03-23