The aim of this article is to compare Robert Menasse’s essay The European Messenger (2012, 2015) with Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi’s Manifesto of Ventotene (1941), one of the most important documents of European federalism. Although Europe changed fundamentally during the seventy years between the two works, they nevertheless show points of contact and similarities above and beyond the fact that both were conceived in times of crisis and see federalism as the only guarantee for the future of Europe and a lasting peace.

„Für ein freies und vereintes Europa“: die Idee einer Europäischen Föderation in Altiero Spinellis und Ernesto Rossis Manifest von Ventotene und Robert Menasses Der europäische Landbote

Vincenza Scuderi
2025-01-01

Abstract

The aim of this article is to compare Robert Menasse’s essay The European Messenger (2012, 2015) with Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi’s Manifesto of Ventotene (1941), one of the most important documents of European federalism. Although Europe changed fundamentally during the seventy years between the two works, they nevertheless show points of contact and similarities above and beyond the fact that both were conceived in times of crisis and see federalism as the only guarantee for the future of Europe and a lasting peace.
2025
978-3-8471-1807-7
Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, den Robert Menasses Essay Der europäische Landbote (2012, 2015)mit dem Manifest vonVentotene (1941) vonAltiero Spinelli und Ernesto Rossi, einem der bedeutendsten Dokumente des europäischen Föderalismus, zu vergleichen. Siebzig Jahre liegen zwischen beiden Werken. Zwar hat sich Europa grundlegend verändert, aber dennoch weisen die beiden Werke Berührungspunkte und Ähnlichkeiten auf, auch abgesehen davon, dass sie in Krisenzeiten konzipiert wurden und beide ausschließlich im Föderalismus eine Garantie für die Zukunft Europas und einen dauerhaften Frieden sehen.
European federalism
The Ventotene Manifesto
Robert Menasse
Europe of regions
Europäischer Föderalismus
Manifest von Ventotene
Robert Menasse
Europa der Regionen
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