Is there any such thing as a European identity? Amidst all the kaleidoscopic variety what - if anything - do 28 members of the European Union have in common? If the EU is to succeed the big states of Europe must discover and define that common identity.
The rise of UKIP and other anti-EU parties across Europe has made it abundantly clear that the nations that comprise the European Union have significantly differing views on the what it means to be European. To what extent, if at all, do we share a European identity? Looking at the countries across Europe, from founding members of the Union to the recent accession states, Stephen Green asks if a Europe identity will ever be truly forged. And if it can, what form it might take?
"[A] series of nifty little essays-the thinking person's commuting read."
- Independent, on the Haus Curiosities series
"Haus is to be congratulated for its courage in dusting off the political pamphlet format and publishing a series of essays, short enough to be read in one sitting, in the internet age."
- Times Higher Education, on the Haus Curiosities series
"Stephen Green-Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint-is an articulate and compelling writer and thinker. . . . [He] articulates incisively, convincingly, and without romance the rationale behind the decline of the power of European states on the global scene. His well-researched and contextual arguments provide a lesson for non-European readers and a wake-up call to Europeans."
- Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis
"Green argues the prime case for Europe as shared values rather than share values. . . . Certainly this short book should be compulsory reading for the Remain campaign, offering as it does some inspiration, hope and spice for those who self-define as Europeans. . . . The real shock is that this is a Tory . . . who is making the best case for Europe I've read in a long time. David Cameron eat your heart out!"
- Tribune Magazine (UK)
