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Abstract
The article focuses on the interpretation of the European Way of Life and the concept of Europeanness. Ursula von der Leyen determined the Promotion of the European Way of Life as a priority of the 2019-2024 Commission. The purpose behind this was to strengthen European democracy and place the citizens into the center of decision-making. The article examines the role of European identity, European citizenship and those historical-traditional conditions that make our way of life ‘common’. The Common European Way of Life may be defined as a value system based on the established legal basis of EU citizenship that can be grasped in the pursuit of common principles and the exercise of rights guaranteed to all EU citizens, limited only under exceptional circumstances and ensuring socio-economic convergence. The article covers general conceptual issues but also focuses on the extraordinary impact of the COVID-19. Lastly, the relevant aspects of enlargement policy are also explored.
Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law |
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| Miscellaneous | Defining the Common European Way of LifeExploring the Concept of Europeanness |
| Keywords | European identity, Common European Way of Life, coronavirus, European citizenship, Hungary, enlargement policy, Europeanness |
| Authors | Lilla Nóra Kiss en Orsolya Johanna Sziebig |
| DOI | 10.5553/HYIEL/266627012021009001007 |
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