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Ortega, Andrés
5 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Kosovo declares independence
Andrés Ortega is concerned about the future of this new state. "Beyond the declaration of independence, it has to be said that Kosovo finds itself in a state of dependency. The country is neither ready, nor viable. Kosovo needs international help on every level- economic, military, police and administrative- to survive and be transformed into a state that is worthy of its name. ... This independence is a European failure, no doubt not the last, for there still remain many problems to be resolved in this long and bloody dismembering of the former Yugoslavia, of which the separate parts, paradoxically, wish, in a future of interdependence, to unite in a European Union that is gradually being filled with small, ethnically homogenous states. ... So a new dependent state has been born in Europe. That's nothing to be proud of."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Europe, » Serbia
Andrés Ortega describes the new reality of Europe
Andrés Ortega, Chief Editor of the Spanish version of 'Foreign Policy', ponders how the migration of populations is building a new Europe. "The first EU enlargements did not lead to any massive displacement of populations despite making them possible. Portuguese and Spanish accession lead to no such tidal waves of immigration as were feared by the French at the time ... . By contrast, the recent accession of 12 countries has provoked large population shifts. Maybe these shifts were previously stymied by the cold war. Added to these displacements are the arrivals of North African, Asian, African and Latin American immigrants. ... In an unprecedented manner, new migration is transforming the EU, the composition of national societies and even the very notion of frontiers."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » EU Policy, » Demographics, » Europe
Kosovo, the European conundrum
Andrés Ortega calls upon the international community to resolve the question of Kosovo's status with utmost prudence. "Given the impatience of Washington and London, Kosovo ... might swiftly become a new European State. But this could result in a new conflict, a division or a 'back hole' in Europe. NATO didn't go to war for this, but rather to avoid ethnic cleansing. The UN Security Council is going to start discussing a western proposition for resolving the question that is based on the idea of a 'supervised independence', supervised by the international community ... . If Russia doesn't use its veto (which seems impossible despite pressure on Moscow), the EU will present a united front and the problems will diminish. But if Russia does use its veto, an enormous problem might arise: Pristina could declare its unilateral independence and the Americans and British would rush to recognise this new State, dividing the EU."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » EU enlargement, » Russia, » Europe, » Serbia
Andrés Ortega vaunts the glorious past of the EU
The Spanish journalist Andrés Ortega, a specialist in international relations, regrets that the success of the European project is masked by current crises. "A sad birthday, that is what the EU is preparing to celebrate this Sunday, when 50 years of the Rome Treaty are to be commemorated. And yet this is a construction unprecedented in History, of the greatest contribution brought by Europe to political systems since the Nation State, a big, original success from many points of view - including in terms of peace and prosperity - within a union that has known how to give priority to will over force in order to preserve identities. The vision of Post Second World War political architects was right. But now there is a lack of vision: Europe, built up against the Cold War wall, now has nothing to build itself up against and has to learn how to build itself in a positive way."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » History, » Europe
Andrés Ortega on remembering the past
The Spanish journalist Andrés Ortega, analyses the way in which countries deal with their past. "Populations have to succeed in reconciling themselves with their History and learning about it. Hannah Arendt, whose hundredth anniversary is being commemorated today, made a distinction between forgiveness, necessary for divided societies, and the forgetting of harm that we want to get rid of. Without the memory of this harm, it will endure, but without forgiveness, it is impossible to resume normal politics. Forgiveness is thus a form of internal (as well as external) reconciliation that rids us of the past whilst preserving its memory. And the very strong interest being shown today by some regions and countries for their past seems in fact to be masking a fear of the future."
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