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Liberalism, the dominant ideology of our time, has been dangerously distorted by the impact of economism. It is that impact which has knocked the citizen off his pedestal and replaced him with the consumer.

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If we want to understand the distinctive constitution of Europe, we must go back to its religious foundations. For the moral beliefs which Christianity fostered still underpin civil society in Europe, the institutions that surround us.

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For the institutions of the European Union are at present incomplete. A European Senate is badly needed to complete them. By creating an upper chamber in the European parliament, a new bridge could be built between national political classes, which retain democratic legitimacy, and the decision-making process in Brussels. Such a Senate should be recruited by indirect election from exisiting national parliaments.

Larry Siedentop

Larry Siedentop

Larry Siedentop

Born: May 24, 1936

Died: June 13, 2024 (aged 88)

Bio: Sir Larry Alan Siedentop was an American-born British political philosopher with a special interest in 19th-century French liberalism.

Known for:

Democracy in Europe (2000)
Tocqueville (1994)

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