The United States of Europe, A Eurotopia?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by I grieve in stereo (talk | contribs) at 06:31, 25 January 2020 (Moving from Category:1992 books to Category:1992 non-fiction books using Cat-a-lot). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The United States of Europe, A Eurotopia? is a plan, advanced in 1992 by the by Dutch beer brewer and pro-European political activist Freddy Heineken. He proposes a federal United States of Europe, in which larger European countries break into a number of smaller, more ethnically and linguistically homogeneous states.

A slight variation of the map made by Heineken/Van den Doel/Wesseling

The idea

The plan gives a division of Europe in regions. Heineken went for advice on the division to Henk Wesseling, who was Professor of History at the University of Leiden. The designs from the plan were left to the Leiden historian Wim van den Doel.[1] Eurotopia takes ethnic sensitivities into account, to cause the least possible amount of friction.[2] The basic idea is a Europe that is completely composed of states with roughly 5 to 10 million citizens.[3] According to Heineken, the absence of a powerful state would lead to a chance of more stability, equality and peace. While under the motto of small is beautiful, administration in the states could be more efficient.

References

  1. ^ Alfred Heineken - The United States of Europe, a Eurotopia?
  2. ^ My kingdom for a beer – Heineken's Utopia
  3. ^ https://euobserver.com/opinion/117123


Stub icon

This article about a book on politics of European countries is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_United_States_of_Europe,_A_Eurotopia%3F&oldid=937470274"