Where Does Poland Fit in Europe? How Political Memory Influences Polish MEPs' Perceptions of Poland's place in Europe

Killingsworth, Matt; Klatt, Gosia; Auer, Stefan

doi:10.1080/15705854.2010.524408

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“…537–540; Goode & Stroup, 2015, p. 718; Kostovicova et al, 2020). My focus on European citizens thus marks an important difference to earlier studies of national meaning structures in the EU (e.g., Díez‐Medrano, 2003; Killingsworth et al, 2010). Second, proponents of everyday nationhood practice a “wait‐and‐listen” approach, rather than asking citizens directly about their perception of their nation (Duchesne, 2018, p. 845; Fox & Miller‐Idriss, 2008, p. 556).…”

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Social model or neoliberal champion? Economic visions of the European demos among EU citizens

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2022

Nations and Nationalism

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Theories of economic nationalism have shown that identities can be constructed around various economic discourses. Yet, much of the literature focuses on official discourses while empirical tests on the citizen level are short in supply. The debate about the European demos exemplifies this shortcoming as EU institutions construct two competing visions of a European identity around economic issues. The European economy is depicted as a neoliberal competitor or as an economic space characterised by a social model. This paper investigates which of these two official visions EU citizens subscribe to. Based on 18 focus group interviews in France, Germany and Poland, I argue that citizens only share a conception of a European social model while a marriage of neoliberalism and nationalism can be detected for national economies. These findings highlight the importance of studying everyday nationhood, as not all official visions can be expected to resonate with citizens. Studies of discursive identity formation cannot only focus on official discourse, but should be flanked by investigations on the citizen level.

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Social model or neoliberal champion? Economic visions of the European demos among EU citizens

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Nations and Nationalism

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“…This especially concerned the notion of a singularity of the Holocaust which had only properly been imported into the EU following the International Forum on the Holocaust held in Stockholm in January 2000 (Kaiser and Storeide, 2018). Instead, these entrepreneurs sought to promote the suffering of Europeans from East-Central and South-Eastern Europe under Stalinism and communism as a majorif not the coredesirable component of a shared historical memory (Neumeyer, 2018;Perchoc, 2015a;Killingsworth, Klatt, and Auer, 2010).…”

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Victimizing Europeans: Narrating Shared History in the European Parliament’s House of European History

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2021

Politique Européenne

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The European Parliament's House of European History in Brussels, which opened in 2017, is the first museum in Europe devoted to telling the history of modern Europe. Based on a close reading of its permanent exhibition, non-participant observation, document analysis and interviews, this article explores and interprets the museum's master-narrative about the First World War, the totalitarian regimes and the Second World War and post-war European integration. It demonstrates how and why the museum blames nationalism as the root cause of conflict and war in Europe. With its strong focus on the similarities between National Socialism and Stalinism as regimes of oppression, moreover, it tells a story of Europeans as victims of abstract oppressive regimes. Paradoxically, the House of European History in this way employs the narrative tools of nationalism for overcoming nationalism. RésuméLa Maison de l'histoire européenne du Parlement européen à Bruxelles, qui a ouvert ses portes en 2017, est le premier musée en Europe consacré à l'histoire de l'Europe moderne. Basé sur une analyse attentive de son exposition permanente, une observation non participante, une analyse documentaire et des entretiens, cet article explore et interprète le maître-récit du musée sur la Première Guerre mondiale, les régimes totalitaires et la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et l'Europe d'après-guerre, ainsi que l'intégration européenne. Il montre comment et pourquoi le musée blâme le nationalisme comme cause fondamentale de conflits et de guerres en Europe. Avec son fort accent sur les similitudes entre le national-socialisme et le stalinisme en tant que régimes d'oppression, il raconte, en outre, une histoire des Européens comme victimes de régimes oppressifs abstraits. Paradoxalement, la Maison de l'histoire européenne utilise ainsi les outils narratifs du nationalisme pour vaincre le nationalisme.

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The Pros and Cons of ‘de facto’ Polish Opting-Out of the EMU

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Europe in Crisis

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Where Does Poland Fit in Europe? How Political Memory Influences Polish MEPs' Perceptions of Poland's place in Europe

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Social model or neoliberal champion? Economic visions of the European demos among EU citizens

Social model or neoliberal champion? Economic visions of the European demos among EU citizens

Victimizing Europeans: Narrating Shared History in the European Parliament’s House of European History

The Pros and Cons of ‘de facto’ Polish Opting-Out of the EMU

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