one europe several europes

One Europe Several Europes

Continental Unity and Diversity

Opening Address to Peace Congress, August 21, 1849

Victor Hugo

A day will come when your arms will fall even from your hands! A day will come when war will seem as absurd and impossible between Paris and London, between Petersburg and Berlin, between Vienna and Turin, as it would be impossible and would seem absurd today between Rouen and Amiens, between Boston and Philadelphia. A day will come when you France, you Russia, you Italy, you England, you Germany, you all, nations of the continent, without losing your distinct qualities and your glorious individuality, will be merged closely within a superior unit and you will form the European brotherhood, just as Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy, Lorraine, Alsace, all our provinces are merged together in France. A day will come when the only fields of battle will be markets opening up to trade and minds opening up to ideas. A day will come when the bullets and the bombs will be replaced by votes, by the universal suffrage of the peoples, by the venerable arbitration of a great sovereign senate which will be to Europe what this parliament is to England, what this diet is to Germany, what this legislative assembly is to France. A day will come when we will display cannon in museums just as we display instruments of torture today, and are amazed that such things could ever have been possible. (...)

Key Term: Supranational Organization

What are some of the common traits and

differences between European States?

Athens, Greece

Warsaw, Poland

Romania

What are the borders and limits of the European

Union?

Europe over the Centuries

Europe according to the EU

Eurozone Countries

2015

Schengen Agreement 2008

Schengen Members 2013

Source: ec.europa.eu2013

Council of Europe: Founding nations in yellow

EU Members in 2013

The Debate over the Limits of Europe

Europe and its Neighbours

I. European Civilization

A. Based on common culture and history– History: succession of historical periods

Greeks/RomansChristianized

Western Civilization

Industrial Era

– The source of many innovations around the worlde.g. law, philosophy

• Humanism, the Printing press

Erasmus

Thomas More

• The Enlightenment

Scientific Discoveries

Salons

• Political Revolutionsand the defense of human rights

Declaration of the Rights of Man

The French Revolution

• Many artistic and cultural movements

Impressionism

Cubism

Classicism

• Industrial Era– Europe consolidates its economic headstart and

innovative ways of thinking

Steam Engines

Europe, center of Industrial Power

• Video: Europe’s Industry, Europe’s heartbeat

Conclusion• The EU constitutes a group of developed countries.

500 million inhabitants who possess considerable buying power and who on the whole benefit from a strong level of development. The EU space is a space of freedom which renders it attractive.

• The EU is a political construction which sets standards (human rights, the environment, technology, etc.) carries values , making Europe unique compared to other integrated regions around the world.

Homework

• Review Key Terms (3 pages)• Reading:– Text: “Human Geography – The European Union”– Text: “Europe’s Contested Geography”– Text: “Schengen: Controversial EU free

movement deal explained”