The European Union has opened the way towards a new form of citizenship founded on two promises: one “federal,” the other “cosmopolitan.” However, the condition of asylum-seekers and the attacks on the rule of law have, over the past ten years, undermined this dual ambition of the European Union at the risk of ruining both its cosmopolitan and federal dimensions. In this particular context, political theory has a role to play in elucidating the concepts at stake, such as that of “illiberal democracy,” which is now being mobilized in Europe to mask a gradual liquidation of democracy.

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欧洲公民还剩下什么？

欧盟已经为建立在两个承诺基础上的新公民身份开辟了道路：一个是“联邦的”，另一个是“世界性的”。然而，在过去十年中，寻求庇护者的状况和对法治的攻击削弱了欧盟的双重雄心，有可能破坏其国际化和联邦层面。在这种特殊的背景下，政治理论可以在阐明相关概念方面发挥作用，例如“非自由民主”的概念，现在欧洲正在动员它来掩盖民主的逐渐清算。