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Defossez, Alexandre
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The 27 signed the Treaty of Lisbon
Alexandre Defossez, a doctoral student at the European Institute for Legal Studies (IEJE) at the University of Liege, doubts "that the Treaty solves the major problem revealed by the failure of the defunct Constitution. The Union exists in the spirit of its citizens. ... [It's] an unidentified political object, with uniquely economic objectives. As such, it is a project difficult to be enthusiastic with. The symbols of the Union - its flag, its anthem, the quasi-totality of the preamble, the (unfortunate) term 'Constitution' - don't appear in the treaty. The Union has been stripped of its most beautiful finery, presenting citizens only the dreary facade of a sanitised text, made up of a litany of indigestible amendments. [The Union] thus launches an unprecedented version of international cooperation, but one which, at the same time, doesn't have the ability to overcome its divisions through the adoption of proper symbols that its citizens can identify with."
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France is pushing Europe down the road of liberalism
Alexandre Defossez, an assistant at the Institute for European Law Studies (IEJE) of the University of Liège, regrets the lack of European commitment among the candidates of the French presidential election. "The analysis of the propositions of the different candidates in the Presidential elections campaign reveals the reality of rampant Euroscepticism. France should therefore seriously consider its European commitment, otherwise no solution will be found. In the face of the rise in power of emerging countries like India, China and Brazil, France's European partners may well adopt radical economic solutions to face up to tomorrow's challenges. Paradoxically, France's 'No' vote [against the European Constitution], which was notably intended to the real or alleged liberalism of the European Union, may in fact push it even further in that direction for lack of a credible well-argued alternative."
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