what is european? (11)

Coimbra, 2007

“Someone knock the door

– you didn’t open”

The lack of interest of the Europeans concerning to the EU political system is evident. Most of them have never heard about the Court of Justice or the Council of Ministers. Average Europeans knows little about how the European Union works, which also is a problem in the development of an European identity. The increasing of consumption and leisure values is accompanied with a decrease of the politic involvement, especially between youngsters. The European power in Brussels is precept as something confused, bureaucratic and distant from the common elector and the number of non-voters for the European Parliament is significant in most of the countries. The general indifference concerning to those issues may also means a passive resistance against the political structure, which politicians have not been able to face in an efficient way.