The Fight for Europe. State of Exception, reloaded
Words have been wielded aplenty to diagnose the EU’s poor state of health and write various prescriptions for treatment. But words have had little effect: the EU...
The Fight for Europe. State of Exception, reloaded By Priya Basil
Words have been wielded aplenty to diagnose the EU’s poor state of health and write various prescriptions for treatment. But words have had little effect: the EU is like a patient who won’t accept the disease, let alone the medicine. What’s more, the worse its condition gets, the less effective conventional remedies become, not least because they need a while to take effect – and time is no longer on the EU’s side. Indeed, it may well have reached the stage where the medicine actually worsens the disease. This is clear in the allergic reaction of many citizens to the prospect of a representative EU parliament elected via equal suffrage and equipped with full legislative rights. All they see in such plans is “more Europe” – understood as more for Europe (that is others) not for me.
Der Kampf für Europa. Ausnahmezustand, reloaded Von Priya Basil
Viele Reden sind geschwungen worden, um den schlechten Gesundheitszustand der EU zu diagnostizieren und Rezepte zur Behandlung auszustellen. Doch Worte konnten nur wenig bewirken: Die EU ist wie ein Patient, der die Krankheit nicht annehmen will, von der Arznei ganz zu schweigen. Und je schlimmer die Krankheit, desto weniger effektiv sind konventionelle Heilmittel, nicht zuletzt, weil sie eine Weile brauchen, um zu wirken – doch die Zeit läuft der EU inzwischen davon.
Priya Basil, born 1977, is a British writer. She grew up in Kenya, studied in the UK and now lives in Germany. She has published two novels, Ishq & Mushq and The Obscure Logic of the Heart, a novella, Strangers on the 16:02. Her essays and articles have appeared in various publications including, Lettre International, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Die Zeit, Tagesspiegel, TAZ and The Guardian. Priya co-founded Authors for Peace in 2010 and has since been politically engaged in various ways, including co-authoring and initiating the Writers Against Mass Surveillance appeal in December 2013.
Priya Basil, geboren 1977, ist eine britische Schriftstellerin. Sie wuchs in Kenia auf, studierte in Großbritannien und und lebt heute in Deutschland. Sie schreibt u.a. für Lettre International, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Die Zeit, Tagesspiegel, TAZ and The Guardian. Priya Basil ist eine der Initiatorinnen des Aufrufs „Die Demokratie verteidigen im digitalen Zeitalter“, eine weltweite Aktion gegen Bespitzelung und Massenüberwachung, und Mitbegründerin von Authors for Peace.
Zuletzt auf Deutsch: Priya Basil und Chika Unigwe: Erzählte Wirklichkeiten: Tübinger Poetikdozentur 2014. Swiridoff, Künzelsau 2015
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