Why Europe should open its borders

Write a review about Habermas' speech and his line of argumentation for why Europe should open its borders and discuss the consequences regarding security, culture, and social integration.

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,0, Free University of Berlin (Center for Global Politics), course: European Politics, language: English, abstract: In a nutshell, Habermas notices in his speech that the process of European unification has come to a standstill due to a 'return of the nation-state'. With rivalling nation-states, rather cultivating an introverted atmosphere by putting national issues on their agendas, the goal of a transnational political integration has become complicated. There is a widespread stance- after having reached the major aims of a single market and peace among Europe's peoples - that a further integration is neither possible nor necessary.