Emotional Intelligence: The future of Europe (an Union)

Vaibhav P. Birwatkar

Eastern European Journal for Regional Studies (EEJRS), 2016, vol. 2, issue 2, 1-93

Abstract: Within a year two populations of Europe – one in the south, the other in the north – have voted against the European Union (EU) and its policy. They did this out of entirely different motives and with different aims. Whereas on 5 July 2015 the Greek OXI was directed against the austerity dictates of the Troika and the degradation of Greece to the state of a semi-colonial country, the British Brexit above all was characterized by the fear of "foreigners" and the desire to escape from the freedom of movement in the EU. The crisis highlighted the economic interdependence of the EU, while also underscoring the lack of political integration necessary to provide a coordinated fiscal and monetary response. This paper offers a fresh perspective on how trust has been deteriorating considerably during the recent crisis in European countries which are the most affected by the ongoing economic downturn, mostly in the periphery. Consecutively, EU needs to respond to public apathy and anger with emotional intelligence and offer solutions that feel relevant to people today.

Keywords: European Union; emotional intelligence; trust; conscious reasoning; democracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://csei.ase.md/journal/files/issue_22/EEJRS_0202_BIR.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aem:journl:v:2:y:2016:i:2:p:22-27

Access Statistics for this article

Eastern European Journal for Regional Studies (EEJRS) is currently edited by Olesea SIRBU

More articles in Eastern European Journal for Regional Studies (EEJRS) from Center for Studies in European Integration (CSEI), Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (ASEM) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dr. Rodica CRUDU ().