The Concept of European Values: Creating a New Narrative for Europe offers a philosophical analysis of the concept of European values from its origin to the present day. This book rethinks European values in the light of the crises—economic, political, migration, identity, and pandemic—that the European Union (EU) has faced since 2008 and analyzes EU initiatives to create a new narrative for Europe. Dr. Sanja Ivić reexamines the concept of European values as well as the philosophical and political assumptions on which this concept is based. In times of crisis, the EU has shown a lack of solidarity. As evidenced by Brexit, the migration crisis, and the pandemic crisis, the EU is experiencing a clash of national and postnational norms and values. Dr. Ivić argues that the EU did not react in accordance with its founding supranational principles as stated in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union: respect for democracy, human dignity, freedom, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights. Its reaction to these crises signals a paradigm shift from postnationalism to nationalism, faltering on its historical advocacy of Europe as a supranational political community.
