Abstract
In the period when ‘our natural political environment’ was provided by controlled ‘socialist democracy’ we tended to look to Europe for a model of democratic perfection. As the doctrine of human rights and the institutions guarding it became increasingly common, this conviction was yet augmented. Such a high opinion of European political practice was undoubtedly affected by the defeat of Nazism, which was commonly interpreted as a victory for democracy. The feeling of European democratic identity was further confirmed several decades later, when Communism collapsed. Thus the process of progressive European integration, which commenced soon after the end ofWorldWar II, and intensified after 1989, seemed to testify to Europe’s unanimously democratic nature. Yet a more considerate insight into the unification processes raises numerous doubts as to whether we are really facing the construction of European structures following the principles of liberal democracy.
Highlights
we tended to look to Europe for a model
yet augmented. Such a high opinion of European political practice was undoubtedly affected by the defeat of Nazism
which was commonly interpreted as a victory for democracy
Summary
Czy integracja z Uni[1] Europejsk[1] przyczyni siê do wype3nienia misji, któr[1] Bóg powierzy[3] Polsce, gdy wyrwa[3] j1 z mroków pogañstwa i naznaczy[3] jej czo3o wod[1] chrztu œwiêtego?. Nie bez wp3ywu na tê wysok[1] ocenê europejskiej praktyki politycznej by3o zwyciêstwo nad faszyzmem, powszechnie odebrane jako zwyciêstwo demokracji. Tym bardziej wiêc obserwacja postêpuj1cego niemal od zakoñczenia drugiej wojny œwiatowej i zdynamizowanego po roku 1989 procesu integracji krajów Europy zdawa3a siê ukazywaæ jej jednoznacznie demokratyczny charakter. Jednak bardziej uwa¿ny wgl1d w przebieg procesów zjednoczeniowych nasuwa szereg w1tpliwoœci co do tego, czy na pewno mamy do czynienia z budowaniem struktur europejskich na zasadach liberalnodemokratycznych. W1tpliwoœci te nie s1 zwi1zane z samym tylko przebiegiem procesu zjednoczeniowego i jego wyra¿enia w formie europejskich aktów prawnych. A ostatnio nawet gwa3towne uwalnianie siê od jakichkolwiek form pañstwowo-prawnej regulacji pozwalaj[1] zauwa¿yæ, ¿e w3aœciwy temu sposobowi produkcji i organizacji gospodarki technokratyczny autorytaryzm zaczyna coraz bardziej przewa¿aæ nad demokratycznymi
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