68-687: The European Conservative is a pan-European conservative English-language publication registered in Budapest , Hungary , with an editorial office in Vienna , Austria , and news offices in Brussels , Belgium and Rome , Italy . It focuses on philosophy, politics, culture, and the arts. It publishes articles, essays, interviews, and reviews about different kinds of conservative, traditionalist , reactionary , and right-wing thought in Europe and across
136-462: A "European identity" has been called into question. Pan-Europeanism, as it emerged in the wake of World War I , derived a sense of European identity from the idea of a shared history , which was taken to be the source of a set of fundamental "European values". Typically, the "common history" includes a combination of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome ; the feudalism of the Middle Ages ;
204-477: A 'European citizen'. The Eurobarometer surveys show that European and national identities tend to add rather than rule themselves out. In 2009, 3 French out of 5 felt French and European, a feeling that dominated in every socio-political group except the National Front supporters. Yet this tendency is not geographically homogeneous: 63% of Britons favoured their sole nationalities (which has been one of
272-933: A Bang But A Whimper , appeared in August 2009. It is different from the United States book of the same name, though some of the author's essays appear in both books. In October 2009, Monday Books published Second Opinion , a further collection of Dalrymple essays, this time dealing exclusively with his work in a British hospital and prison. With Gibson Square Dalrymple then published his most successful book Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality (2010), which analyses how sentimentality has become culturally entrenched in British society with seriously harmful effects. In 2011, he published Litter: What Remains of Our Culture , followed by The Pleasure of Thinking (2012) , Threats of Pain and Ruin (2014), and others. Dalrymple
340-462: A European identity is a very complex process. From outside, "Europeanness" would be a thing for a Chinese or an American, but on the internal plan geography is not sufficient to define Europe in the eyes of Europeans. According to Jean-Baptiste Duroselle , "there has been, since men think, an immense variety of Europes". Paul Valéry cites three major heritages to define the European identity :
408-752: A group of volunteers associated with the Center for European Renewal (CER), a pan-European conservative organization originally based in The Hague , now in Amsterdam . The CER was formally founded in 2007, after a first exploratory meeting in 2006 held at Kasteel De Vanenburg in Putten , which brought together conservative scholars and writers from across Europe and the United States as well. The CER now organizes an annual Vanenburg Meeting, named after
476-413: A name that sounded suitably dyspeptic, that of a gouty old man looking out of the window of his London club, port in hand, lamenting the degenerating state of the world". He is an atheist , but has criticised anti-theism and says that "To regret religion is, in fact, to regret our civilization and its monuments, its achievements, and its legacy". Raised in a non-religious Jewish home, he began doubting
544-432: A policy in the 70s with the directive "Television without Frontiers", which allowed free trade of TV programs and guaranteed more than half of the air time to European operas. The culture programme finances other cultural activities in order to strengthen the European common identity. The European Union also bet on symbols : the flag , the anthem (" Ode to Joy " from the final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony ),
612-699: A political neologism in the 1980s in the context of the project of European integration and the future formation of the European Union . The phrase was popularised by the European Values Study , a long-term research program started in 1981, aiming to document the outlook on "basic human values" in European populations. The project had grown out of a study group on "values and social change in Europe" initiated by Jan Kerkhofs , and Ruud de Moor ( Catholic University in Tilburg ). The claim that
680-544: Is Europe in people's minds?) and identity formation (what makes people feel European?). The .eu domain name extension was introduced in 2005 as a new symbol of the European Union identity on the World Wide Web. The .eu domain's introduction campaign specifically uses the tagline "Your European Identity" . Registrants must be located within the European Union. On the cultural plan, the European Union began
748-590: Is a contributing editor to City Journal , published by the Manhattan Institute , where he is the Dietrich Weismann Fellow. In addition to City Journal , his work has appeared in: The British Medical Journal , The Times , New Statesman , The Observer , The Daily Telegraph , The Spectator , The Salisbury Review , National Review , New English Review , The Wall Street Journal and Axess magasin . He
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884-667: Is associated with political values derived from the Age of Enlightenment and the Republicanism growing out of the French Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848 rather than with personal or individual identity formed by culture or ethnicity (let alone a "pan-European" construct including those areas of the continent never affected by 18th-century rationalism or Republicanism). The phrase "European values" arises as
952-645: Is for example The development of European Identity/Identities : Unfinished Business Aspects of an emerging "European identity" in popular culture may be seen in the introduction of "pan-European" competitions such as the Eurovision Song Contest (since 1956), the UEFA European Championship (since 1958) or, more recently, the European Games (2015). In these competitions, it is still teams or representatives of
1020-504: Is necessary: the Treaty of Lisbon mentions, for example, "cultural, religious and humanist inheritance". Moreover, it would be illusory to impose a principle of cultural homogeneity to states with various national identities. Jean-Marc Ferry considers that the European construction developed new differentiation, between citizenship and nationality for example, with the birth of post national citizenship in 1992. According to Raymond Aron ,
1088-659: Is the author of a number of books, including: Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass (2001), Our Culture, What's Left of It (2005) and Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality (2010). In his writing, Daniels frequently argues that the leftist views prevalent within Western intellectual circles minimise the responsibility of individuals for their own actions and undermine traditional mores , contributing to
1156-684: The European Union came to the fore with the eastern enlargement of the EU in the aftermath of the Cold War . The Treaty of Lisbon (2007) in article 2 lists a number of "values of the Union", including "respect for freedom , democracy , equality , the rule of law and respect for human rights including the rights of persons belonging to minorities ", invoking "a society in which pluralism , non-discrimination , tolerance , justice , solidarity and equality between women and men prevail". Defining
1224-797: The Greek democracy , the Roman Law , and the Judeo-Christian tradition. Yet Emmanuel Berl criticizes this thesis as reductive, since it supposes a level of "Europeanness", decreasing for West to East. According to him, Europe is shape-shifting, and no culture historically prevails over another, and European Islam , which concerns around 8% of the population, is one of the many sides of European identity. Five languages have more than 50 million native speakers in Europe: Russian , German , French , Italian and English . While Russian has
1292-850: The Hanseatic League , the Renaissance ; the Age of Enlightenment ; 19th-century liberalism and different forms of socialism , Christianity and secularism ; colonialism ; and the World Wars . The oldest European unification movement is the Paneuropean Union , which was founded in 1923 with the publishment of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi 's book Paneuropa . He also became its first president (1926–1972), followed by Otto von Habsburg (1973–2004) and Alain Terrenoire (from 2004). The movement initiated and supported
1360-484: The Middle Ages ). The original proposal for a Paneuropean Union was made in 1922 by Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi , who defined the term "pan-European" as referring to this historical sense of the western and central parts of continental Europe encompassing the cultures that evolved from medieval Western Christendom (i.e. Catholic and Protestant Europe, with the exception of the British Isles) instead of
1428-487: The Treaty of Lisbon was signed in 2007 in order to salvage some of the reforms that had been envisaged in the constitution. A debate on the feasibility and desirability of a "pan-European identity" or "European identity" has taken place in parallel to this process of political integration. A possible future "European identity" is seen at best as one aspect of a "multifaceted identity" still involving national or regional loyalties. Two authors writing in 1998 concluded that "In
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#17327805897521496-494: The euro are the most cited. There are divergences between generations: those who knew war directly or through their parents' narrations mention peace, while the younger evoke market economy. The idea that identity is built through opposition to other groups is also confirmed since 60% of Europeans state they rather or fully agree with the idea that "compared with other continents, it is distinctly easier to see what Europeans have in common in terms of values" A recent study shows that
1564-585: The existence of a God at age nine. He became an atheist in response to a moment in a school assembly. Daniels has also used other pen names. As "Edward Theberton", he has written articles for The Spectator from countries in Africa , including Mozambique . He used the name "Thursday Msigwa" when he wrote Filosofa's Republic , a satire of Tanzania under Julius Nyerere . He may also have used another pen name, in addition to his bona fide name. Daniels began sending unsolicited articles to The Spectator in
1632-519: The pen name Theodore Dalrymple ( / d æ l ˈ r ɪ m p əl / ), is a conservative English cultural critic , prison physician and psychiatrist . He worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in the East End of London . Before his retirement in 2005, he worked in City Hospital, Birmingham and Winson Green Prison in inner-city Birmingham , England. Daniels
1700-445: The " integration process " pursued after World War II, which eventually led to the formation of the European Union . Notable "Paneuropeans" include Konrad Adenauer , Robert Schuman and Alcide De Gasperi . It has been for long a matter of discussions to know whether or not this feeling of belonging was shared by a majority of Europeans, geographically speaking, and the strength of this feeling. There are discussions as well about
1768-605: The 1990s increasingly with regard to the project of ever-increasing federalisation of the EU . The model of a "pan-European" union is the Carolingian Empire , which first defined "Europe" as a cultural entity as the areas ruled by the Roman Catholic Church , later known as "Medieval Western Christendom" (which extended its scope further eastwards to the shores of the Baltic Sea during the course of
1836-637: The 500 million citizens, in 24 languages, has also been addressed: in 2004, the first Vice-President of the Commission has the Communication Strategy portfolio. The common values are reasserted through the judicial action of the European Court of Human Rights . Linked to this, the European Union funds many surveys (such as Eurobarometer ) and scientific studies, to improve its identity-building policies. A collection of such studies
1904-559: The CER) Alvino-Mario Fantini volunteered to take over as editor, working with a group of remote volunteers. The publication was re-designed, and new content and features were added (e.g., a cover image, book reviews, ads). The page count was also increased. Distribution of the publication continued in limited print runs but also as a free .pdf distributed by email and available online. But since 2019, The European Conservative has been an independent quarterly published by
1972-547: The CER, as well as by other well-known authors, such as Anthony Daniels ( Theodore Dalrymple ), Remi Brague , Ryszard Legutko , Chantal Delsol , Mark Dooley , Todd Huizinga, Charles Coulombe , Alberto Fernandez , Roger Watson , among others. In recent years, it has also published less-well-known authors and emerging scholars from around the world, particularly those working in languages other than English. The European Conservative has organized and co-sponsored several events over
2040-858: The European Conservative Nonprofit Ltd., in collaboration with the research organization CEDI/EDIC in Vienna, the Italian think-tank Nazione Futura in Rome, and the Bibliothek des Konservatismus in Berlin. The publication's current Editor-in-Chief is Alvino-Mario Fantini, who has also previously written for The American Spectator , Crisis , The New Criterion , Far Eastern Economic Review , Catholic World Report , The American Conservative , and The Wall Street Journal Europe . He
2108-650: The Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1980, and qualified as a specialist in psychiatry in 1997. His work as a physician took him to: Southern Rhodesia (now, Zimbabwe ), Tanzania , South Africa and the Gilbert Islands (now, Kiribati ). He returned to the United Kingdom in 1990, where he worked in London and Birmingham. In 1991, he made an extended appearance on British television under
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2176-884: The academic and political world. In March 2022, the publication was one of several official partners of the National Conservatism Conference held in Brussels. The European Conservative has also participated in the 2022 Young Leaders Academy, organized by New Direction and the Center for the Renewal of Culture in Split, with the Institut Iliade in Paris, and the Bibliothek des Konservatismus in Berlin. On September 30–October 2, 2022, five days after
2244-489: The construction can predate the European sentiment, but the last is essential to avoid a fictional Europe, a Europe that would only be a meaningless word in which the people do not recognize themselves. This idea is backed by Jacques Delors , who wrote in 1992 that it is needed to "give Europe a soul, [...] a spirituality, a meaning" beyond the simple economic and administrative realities. Theodore Dalrymple Anthony Malcolm Daniels (born 11 October 1949), also known by
2312-462: The early 1980s; his first published work, entitled A Bit of a Myth appeared in the magazine in August 1983 under the name A.M. Daniels. Charles Moore wrote in 2004 that "Theodore Dalrymple, then writing under a different pseudonym, is the only writer I have ever chosen to publish on the basis of unsolicited articles". Between 1984 and 1991 Daniels published articles in The Spectator under
2380-405: The existing organisation through National Olympic Committees . In 2007, European Commission President Romano Prodi suggested that EU teams should carry the European flag, alongside the national flag, at the 2008 Summer Olympics – a proposal which angered eurosceptics . According to Eurobarometer surveys, only 5% of respondents think that a European Olympic team would make them feel more of
2448-457: The extent of the division over European identity are greater than that of national identity and even comparable to the magnitude of religious divide in most of countries included in the study. Moreover, it shows that outgroup derogation dominates ingroup favoritism in 22 out of 25 countries. The risk, defining a European identity, is to close up from other cultures that would not correspond to pre-defined criteria. To face this difficulty, vagueness
2516-404: The formation of the EU in 1993. In the period from 1995–2020, the EU has been enlarged from 12 to 27 member states, far beyond the area originally envisaged for the "pan-European" state by Coudenhove-Kalergi (with the exception of Switzerland ), its member states accounting for a population of some 447 million, or three-fifths of the population of the entire continent. In the 1990s to 2000s, there
2584-509: The formation within prosperous countries of an underclass afflicted by endemic violence, criminality, sexually transmitted diseases, welfare dependency , and drug abuse. Much of Dalrymple's writing is based on his experience of working with criminals and the mentally ill . In 2011, Dalrymple was awarded the Prize for Liberty by the Flemish classical-liberal think-tank Libera! . Daniels
2652-489: The former rector of Corvinus University in Budapest , and R. R. Reno , editor of First Things magazine. Five editions of The European Conservative were published intermittently over a two-year period by a group of volunteers associated with the CER and the Vanenburg Meeting, before production was paused at the end of 2010. In 2012, former speechwriter, financial journalist, and editor (and co-founder of
2720-571: The individual nations of Europe that are competing against one another, but a "European identity" many argued to arise from the definition the "European" participants (often loosely defined, e.g. including Morocco, Israel and Australia in the case of the Eurovision Song Contest), and the emergence of "cultural rites" associated with these events. In the 1990s and 2000s, participation in the Eurovision Song Contest
2788-538: The largest number of native speakers (more than 100 million in Europe), English has the largest number of speakers in total, including some 200 million speakers of English as a second language . There is no final account of all European languages , but the sole EU recognizes 24 official languages. For some, the linguistic diversity is constituent of European identity. The European institutions made several concrete attempts to reinforce two things: identity contents (what
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2856-643: The location of that first 2006 meeting. Among the founders of the CER are the German publisher and writer Caspar Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing (1927–2009), the Polish historian and philosopher Miłowit Kuniński [ pl ] (1946–2018), and the British political philosopher Roger Scruton (1944–2020). Other key figures involved with the CER are Dutch ethicist and political philosopher Andreas Kinneging of Leiden University , political scientist András Lánczi,
2924-503: The main explanations of the Brexit vote), against 27% Luxembourgian. The 2012 Eurobarometer survey reported that 49% of those surveyed described the EU member states as "close" in terms of "shared values" (down from 54% in 2008), 42% described them as "different" (up from 34% in 2008). During these surveys, the respondents are asked which notions they spontaneously associate with the EU. Democracy , Human Rights , Freedom of movement and
2992-533: The mentality of society as a whole, and the troubles of the underclass . As part of his research for the book, Dalrymple interviewed over 10,000 people who had attempted suicide. Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses , published in 2005, is another collection of essays in which he contends that the middle class's abandonment of traditional cultural and behavioural aspirations has, by example, fostered routine incivility and militant ignorance among
3060-643: The modern geographic definition of the continent of Europe . Coudenhove-Kalergi saw the pan-European state as a future "fifth great power", in explicit opposition to the Soviet Union, "Asia", Great Britain and the United States (as such explicitly excluding both the British Isles and the areas that were influenced by Byzantine Christendom , which are usually considered a part of geographical Europe, from his notion of "pan-European"). After 1948, an accelerating process of European integration culminated in
3128-583: The most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors. The Ryder Cup golf competition is a biennial event, originally between a British and an American team, but since 1979 admitting continental European players to form a "Team Europe". The flag of Europe was used to represent "Team Europe" since 1991, but reportedly most European participants preferred to use their own national flags. There have also been attempts to use popular culture for
3196-594: The motto " In varietate concordia ", the two Europe days . Great cultural unifying events are organised, such as the European heritage days , or the election of the Capital of Culture. The youth mobility has been encouraged since the launching of the Erasmus programme in 1987, which has permitted students to go to 33 European countries. The challenge of communication, to make the European project more understandable to
3264-547: The name Theodore Dalrymple. On 23 February, he took part in an After Dark discussion, called "Prisons: No Way Out", alongside former gangster Tony Lambrianou , Greek journalist and writer Taki Theodoracopulos , and others. In 2005, he retired early as a consultant psychiatrist . He has a house in Bridgnorth , Shropshire, and also a house in France. Regarding his pseudonym "Theodore Dalrymple", he wrote that he "chose
3332-737: The people of Europe have a distinctive set of political, economic and social norms and values that are gradually replacing national values has also been named "Europeanism" by McCormick (2010). "European values" were contrasted to non-European values in international relations, especially in the East–West dichotomy , "European values" encompassing individualism and the idea of human rights in contrast to Eastern tendencies of collectivism. However, "European values" were also viewed critically, their "darker" side not necessarily leading to more peaceful outcomes in international relations. The association of "European values" with European integration as pursued by
3400-548: The poor. He examines diverse themes and figures in the book including Shakespeare , Marx , Virginia Woolf , food deserts and volitional underclass malnutrition, recreational vulgarity, and the legalisation of drugs . One of the essays in the book, "When Islam Breaks Down", was named one of the most important essays of 2004 by David Brooks in The New York Times . In 2009, Dalrymple's British publisher Monday Books published two books of his. The first, Not With
3468-438: The propagation of "identification with the EU" on the behalf of the EU itself. These attempts have proven controversial. In 1997, the European Commission distributed a comic strip titled The Raspberry Ice Cream War , aimed at children in schools. The EU office in London declined to distribute this in the UK, due to an expected unsympathetic reception for such views. Captain Euro , a cartoon character superhero mascot of Europe,
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#17327805897523536-414: The pseudonym Edward Theberton. Daniels has written extensively on culture, art, politics, education, and medicine – often drawing on his experiences as a doctor and psychiatrist in Africa and the United Kingdom. The historian Noel Malcolm has described Daniels's written accounts of his experiences working at a prison and a public hospital in Birmingham as "journalistic gold", and Moore observed that "it
3604-431: The question of the objective factors or "Europeanness". An approach underlines how, for being European, a person would at least have to: Usually, four steps are considered as conditions in the building of cultural and political identity: One of the clearly stated political objectives of the European Union is the deepening of the European identity feeling. Especially in France, "the European idea" ( l'idée d'Europe )
3672-482: The reliably Left-of-Centre figures who appear on Start the Week and Newsnight Review . It is Theodore's misfortune to occupy a place beyond the mental co-ordinates of most commissioning editors." Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass , a collection of essays was published in book form in 2001. The essays, which the Manhattan Institute had first begun publishing in City Journal in 1994, deal with themes such as personal responsibility ,
3740-405: The return of the publication starting with the Fall 2022 edition. Pan-European identity Pan-European identity is the sense of personal identification with Europe , in a cultural or political sense. The concept is discussed in the context of European integration , historically in connection with hypothetical proposals , but since the formation of the European Union (EU) in
3808-413: The short term, it seems that the influence of this project [of European integration] will only influence European identity in certain limited niches and in a very modest way. It is doubtful if this will do to ensure a smooth process of ongoing European integration and successfully address the challenges of the multicultural European societies." Even at that time, the development of a common European identity
3876-403: The snap elections in Italy, The European Conservative co-organized, with Nazione Futura and the Fondazione Tatarella, a two-day conference on "Italian Conservatism". This included both English-language and Italian-language panels, with panelists and keynote speakers discussing and debating different conservative ideas as well as various approaches to conservative governance and policies. The event
3944-432: The subject of criticism by liberal outlets. Conversely, the magazine has been praised by more conservative outlets for its writing and professional presentation. Outlets such as Tichys Einblick (Germany), National Catholic Register (U.S.), Gaceta de la Iberoesfera (Spain), Power Line (U.S.), and Junge Freiheit (Germany), among others, covered the incident. After a mild media storm, WHSmith decided to allow for
4012-458: The world. The European Conservative is published both as a quarterly print journal and as a website. Not all the content from the print edition is available online. In late 2021, the website started publishing daily news stories and news analysis. In early 2023, it also started publishing a weekly e-newsletter from its Brussels office. The European Conservative originally began in 2008 as an informal, four-page newsletter written and edited by
4080-400: The years. In June 2021, to mark the re-design and re-launch of the publication (with its Summer 2021 edition) it held a panel discussion with several scholars at one of the Scruton Cafes in Budapest, Hungary. In September 2021, to mark the publication of its Fall 2021 edition, the publication organized a day-long series of panels at the Lónyay-Hatvany Villa in Budapest, with invited guests from
4148-434: Was an active movement towards further consolidation of the European Union, with the introduction of symbols and institutions usually reserved for sovereign states, such as citizenship , a common currency (used by 20 out of 27 members), a flag , an anthem and a motto ( In Varietate Concordia , "United in Diversity"). An attempt to introduce a European Constitution was made in 2004, but it failed to be ratified; instead,
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#17327805897524216-407: Was born in Kensington , London. His father was a Communist businessman of Russian Jewish descent, while his Jewish mother was born in Germany. She came to England as a refugee from the Nazi regime . His grandfather had served as a major in the German Army during WW1 . He studied medicine at the University of Birmingham , graduating with an MB ChB degree in 1974. He became a Member of
4284-421: Was developed in the 1990s by branding strategist Nicolas De Santis to support the launch of the Euro currency. In 2014, London branding think tank, Gold Mercury International, launched the Brand EU Centre, with the purpose of solving Europe's identity crisis and creating a strong brand of Europe. In 2005, the Institut Aspen France proposed the creation of a European Olympic Team, which would break with
4352-621: Was heavily covered by various Italian and European media. In April 2023, The European Conservative was the first news outlet to report on allegations that Jian Guo, a parliamentary aide of right-wing MEP Maximilian Krah , might be lobbying and spying for communist-ruled China . One year later, on 23 April 2024, the aide was arrested by German police on charges of espionage for China. These early reports were acknowledged by international media outlets like The New York Times , The Times , France24 , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , and Die Welt . TEC’s editor-in-chief Alvino-Mario Fantini
4420-409: Was only when he returned to Britain that he found what he considered to be true barbarism – the cheerless, self-pitying hedonism and brutality of the dependency culture. Now he is its unmatched chronicler." Daniel Hannan wrote in 2011 that Dalrymple "writes about Koestler 's essays and Ethiopian religious art and Nietzschean eternal recurrence – subjects which, in Britain, are generally reserved for
4488-416: Was quoted saying on his website's reporting "we were confirmed". The European Conservative publishes both established and well-known conservative scholars and writers, as well as lesser known, young, or undiscovered writers around the world. A few of the many contributors to The European Conservative over the years have included: The magazine's alleged links to Viktor Orbán and Fidesz has been
4556-442: Was to some extent perceived as a politically significant confirmation of nationhood and of "belonging to Europe" by the then-recently independent nations of Eastern Europe. Pan-European events not organised along national lines include the European Film Awards , presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories, of which
4624-411: Was viewed as rather a by-product than the main goal of the European integration process, even though it was actively promoted by both EU bodies and non-governmental initiatives, such as the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission . With the rise of EU-scepticism and opposition to continued European integration by the early 2010s, the feasibility and desirability of such
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