Reforming Europe: The Role of the Centre-Right (The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Series on European and International Affairs)

304 Pages·2010·2.35 MB·English

by  Constantine Arvanitopoulos

The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute
for Democracy Series on European
and International Affairs
Series Editors:
Constantine Arvanitopoulos
Nikolaos Tzifakis
The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy
10, Vas. Sofias Ave
10674 Athens
Greece
[email protected]
The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Series on European and
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Constantine Arvanitopoulos
Editor
Reforming Europe
The Role of the Centre-Right
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Professor Constantine Arvanitopoulos
Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy
10, Vas. Sofias Ave
10674 Athens
Greece
[email protected]
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Acknowledgements

This is the second book in the Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for
Democracy Series on European and International Affairs and, once again,
a number of people have contributed to its publication. First of all, I am
grateful to Springer for maintaining its commitment to this book series.
I would also like to thank the Centre for European Studies for working
closely with us towards the completion of another common project in a
long series of joint activities.
I would also like to express my gratitude to several institutions –
namely, the Eduardo Frei Foundation, FAES, Fondation Robert Schuman,
Hoyre, Institut dr. Jožeta Pučnika, Res Publica Foundation and Századvég
Alapítvány – for providing much-needed assistance in securing the partici-
pation of the authors whose analyses and thoughts enrich the book.
In addition, I would like to thank the team at the Department of Inter-
national Co-operation of the Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democ-
racy – Nikolaos Tzifakis, Evangelia Sofroni and Panagiotis Tasiopoulos –
for their support and assistance. Many thanks also to Communicative
English for their meticulous language editing work.
Last but not least, I am hugely indebted to the scholars and policy
makers whose work is included in this volume, for their participation and
contribution.

September 2009 Constantine Arvanitopoulos
The Editor

Constantine Arvanitopoulos is Professor of International Relations and
Chair of the Department of International and European Studies at Panteion
University, Athens. He is a graduate of Panteion University and holds an
MA and a PhD in International Relations from the School of International
Service, American University, Washington DC.
He has been Lecturer on International Relations and Comparative
Politics at the School of International Service at the American University
(1987–89), Post-doctoral Fellow at the Center for European Studies at
Harvard University (1990–92) and Assistant Professor of Government and
European Politics at the Department of Public and International Affairs at
George Mason University (1992–95).
His research interests are in International Relations theory, specifically
the study of regime change, European politics and US foreign policy
analysis. He has taught courses on theory and methodology of Inter-
national Relations, European politics, and comparative politics.
He has published articles on the EU, the non-aligned movement,
Greek–Turkish relations, the study of leadership and authoritarian regimes.
He has written books on the transitions from authoritarianism to democ-
racy, on transatlantic relations, on US foreign policy and a textbook on
international relations.
He has been the Director General of the Constantinos Karamanlis Institute
for Democracy since June 2000. His latest appointments include the follow-
ing: Representative of the New Democracy Party (ND) to the National
Council of Foreign Policy, Member of the Academic Council of the Centre for
European Studies (CES) and Member of the Board of Directors of UNESCO-
Greece. Constantine Arvanitopoulos was also the spokesperson for the
New Democracy Party during the last national elections (September 2007).
Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................ 1
Constantine Arvanitopoulos and Nikolaos Tzifakis

The History and Foundations of European Integration:
A Contribution to the Debate on the Future of the Union ..................... 9
José M. de Areilza

The Centre-Right for a New Europe ...................................................... 23
Jean-Dominique Giuliani

Knowledge: The Foundation for a Stronger Europe ............................ 37
Ján Figel'

The EPP’s Role during the European Electoral Campaigns in
2004 and 2009 ........................................................................................... 53
Alain Lamassoure

Society, Values, Politics: Reflections on the Basic Dilemmas of
European Society and the Demand for Moral Choices ........................ 71
Jos J. A. M. van Gennip

Conservative Challenges ......................................................................... 93
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen

Looking for the Causes and Consequences of the Global
Financial and Banking Crisis: Neo-Liberalism in the Dock .............. 105
Risto Harisalo
X Contents
Pragmatism, Not the Market: On the Politico-Economic
Division of Labour ................................................................................. 119
Kostas A. Lavdas

The EU Needs a Social Market Economy, Now More Than Ever ..... 137
Stefano Riela

The 'Strong State' Paradigm: Good Government and the State in
Central and Eastern Europe – Why Do We Need a Stronger State? .... 153
Gábor G. Fodor

The European Centre-Right and European Integration:
The Formative Years ............................................................................. 173
Konstantina E. Botsiou

The Emergence of a New European Centre-Right, 1945–1962 ......... 207
Evanthis Hatzivassiliou

The Origins and Foundation of the New Democracy Party ............... 223
Ioannis Filandros

Sense and Sensibility: EU Eastern Enlargement and the Future
of Europe’s Centre-Right ...................................................................... 239
Roland Freudenstein

‘Left’ and ‘Right’ in Slovenian Political Life and Public Discourse .... 259
Matej Makarovič and Matevž Tomšič

Index ....................................................................................................... 279
List of Figures and Tables

The EU Needs a Social Market Economy, Now More Than Ever
Figure 1 Dispersion of country-level prices of final consumption ....... 139
Figure 2 Dispersion of country-level GDP in PPS per capita .............. 140
Figure 3 Dispersion of regional-level GDP in PPS per capita ............. 141
Figure 4 The two most important issues facing EU citizens in
their own countries ................................................................. 143
Figure 5 GDP per capita in PPS (EU-27 = 100) .................................. 145
Figure 6 Moving forward with the Lisbon Strategy ............................. 147

The 'Strong State' Paradigm: Good Government and the State in
Central and Eastern Europe – Why Do We Need a Stronger State?
Table 1 The progressive and the internalist views of
post-communism .................................................................... 155
Table 2 The NPM and NWS paradigms from an internalist
point of view .......................................................................... 163
Table 3 The conditions and limits of a successful social
compromise in Western Europe and in Hungary ................... 166

‘Left’ and ‘Right’ in Slovenian Political Life and Public Discourse
Figure 1 The number of articles with Left and Right language ........... 269
Figure 2 Left and Right taken as self-evident or endorsed
(numbers of articles) .............................................................. 269
Figure 3 The attitudes towards political Right and Left
(numbers of articles) .............................................................. 270