Hidden European federalism as an instrument for building an order without political freedom

Abstract

After the Second World War a new idea of a European order was born in the minds of today's EU founding fathers. The way it has provided statesman a rare opportunity for political action, the European integration has given to scholars a chance to learn something new about the old problem of building of an order. Still, maybe there is not anything new that the experience of the integration process among European states teaches us. Maybe, it is needed only to unveil the old truth that what it takes to establish an order is always a decision of a sovereign ruler unrestrained by society's conflicting demands. Who to believe, Kant or Carl Schmitt? Is there anything historically new that the European integration tells us about political community building or are Bodin and his insights into the nature of state and law still all it takes for understanding the old problem? In this article we search an answer to these questions.

Nakon Drugog svetskog rata, nova ideja o evropskom poretku začela se u glavama idejnih tvoraca današnje EU. Kao što je državnicima ukazala priliku za delovanje, koju istorija inače retko ukazuje, evropska integracija je i teoretičarima pružila šansu da nauče nešto novo o starom problemu izgradnje poretka. Možda, ipak, i nema ničeg novog što se iz iskustva posleratne integracije evropskih država može naučiti. Možda je samo potrebno razgrnuti naslage novog vremena sa stare istine o uspostavljanju poretka odlukom suverena oslobođenog zahteva posađanog društva. Ko je u pravu, Kant ili Šmit? Ima li nečeg istorijski novog što nas evropska integracija uči o izgradnji političke zajednice ili su nam za razumevanje tog starog problema i dalje dovoljni uvidi do kojih je u XVI veku došao Boden? U članku se traga za odgovorom na ovo pitanje