The Future of Europe

Fernando Lanzer
 Human Beings
Values, beliefs, culture, “right” & “wrong”, ethics, aesthetics

Spiritual
Ethos

Feeling Thinking
Emotional Rational
The “Mind”
Pathos Logos

The “Brain”

Physical
Acting, doing
Praxis
 SIX CULTURE CLUSTERS

PDI – PDI – PDI –

IDV + IDV- / IDV+ IDV +

UAI – UAI+ UAI - / ±

MAS + MAS + MAS –

Contest Well-oiled machine Network

Anglo-Saxon Germany, Austria, Dutch-Scandinavian
Switzerland, Czech Rep

PDI + PDI + PDI +

IDV – IDV + IDV –

UAI + UAI + UAI –

MAS ± MAS MAS ±

±

Pyramid of people Solar system Traditional family

Latin American – African Belgium-France-Spain-Italy Asian
Portugal, Greece Poland
 The notion of nation needs to be replaced

• Where you are is not who you are

• Where you were born (and raised) is not who you are (or is it?)

• In order to accept “Europe” we must accept a different relationship with

our identity
 Values and Emotions

Replacing national identity with…?

European identity!

Er… but what the hell is THAT??

 The future of Europe
• Can we strengthen local identity
– (town, county, province, sub-region)
…and have continental taxes and pensions?
• What sort of democracy?
– English?
– Dutch?
– French?
– German?
– Italian?
– Polish?
– Greek?
– …?
 So… what do we do?
(assuming we want to do something…)

• Keep debating (and include VALUES!)

• Educate (in broad sense)
• Inspire
• Advertise
• Explore
– new democracy
– new representation
– new frontiers
Thank you!