Leoni, Samuele (A.A. 2023/2024) The European Union enlargement and the legacy of history: how memory clashes and historical revisionism shape the future of European integration and its supranational identity. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Rosario Forlenza, pp. 165. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Theoretical foundation on the concept of collective memory and the strategic use of the past. Theories and perspectives of memory as a social construction, its relationship to identity and political power. Theoretical analysis on the strategic use of collective memory and identity construction. The founding roots of European memory. Is there a European memory? A conceptual exploration of its foundations and challenges. The European Union founding myths. Challenges in reconciling a strong national identity with European integration: the British case. Imperial legacy and British exceptionalism inside Churchill narrative: an obstacle to integration? The decline of the empire: Macmillan and heath catch the last train to post-war reconciliation. The politics of forgetting and the strengthening of European identity trough the idea of democracy: the case of post-franco Spain. The political landscape of post-franco Spain: "Europeanizes" vs. Franco nostalgists. The “pacto de silencio” and the memory of the civil war: a push towards accession, but at what cost? Spain’s accession to the EC: an opportunity to strengthen European identity and legitimacy. Negotiating the eastern enlargement: the German and Spanish “special” responsibility and sensibility. The enlargement as a chance to amend and compensate history. East vs. West: the memory clash of the fifth and sixth enlargement. Challenging the centrality of the holocaust and nazi-fascist crimes. A hope for many, a condemnation for others: what role for communism in Europe? Still unresolved: the resolution on Russian historical falsification of january 23, 2025. Orbán’s Hungary: the trojan horse inside the European Union. Introductory remarks: understanding Orbán Fidesz rise to power. The foundations of Hungarian historical revisionism. Revisiting history in action, how Orbán omitted Hungarian guilt in the holocaust. Orbán rise a threat for European Union integration and identity? The PIS’s Poland: the second trojan horse in the EU fortress. Introductory remarks: understanding the law and justice (PIS) party rise to power. The pillars of polish revisionist narrative. Polish revisionism in action: undermining the "never again" holocaust warning narrative. Memory conflicts and future enlargements: towards an even more fragmented union? The Balkan enlargement: the European Union as a stage for unresolved historical controversies? The “accession trio”: is still the EU attractive as a bulwark of democracy and stability? Ukraine's accession: between the “double identity” myth and its controversial historical past with Poland". Turkey’s eternal wait: the Armenian genocide recognition as a new accession entry ticket?

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Bibliografia: pp. 146-164.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	Comparative history of political systems
Thesis Supervisor:	Forlenza, Rosario
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	Christiansen, Thomas
Academic Year:	2023/2024
Session:	Extraordinary
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2025 14:58
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2025 14:58
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/42718

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