Les altermondialistes dans le mouvement social europeen: entre participation et retrait

In: Critique internationale: revue comparative de sciences sociales, Heft 2, S. 163-175

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between the Europeanization process & the anti-globalization agenda in Europe. It is based on fieldwork, observations & interviews carried out in the framework of the European research project EUROPUB (2001-2004). The emergence of a European public space generates a whole series of questions for the anti-globalization movement: how can it integrate the European level into its usual issues? Should it gain leverage from this space of political opportunity to build gradually a broader transnational movement, or should it disregard & denounce it as a tool of neo-liberalism, like most other international organizations? Controversies that arose inside ATTAC France about the setting up of '100 % alternative globalization' lists for the European elections of June 2004 bring to light the many rifts dividing the antiglobalization movement, & perfectly illustrate the challenge European integration poses for anti-globalization activists, torn between the options of participating in the political game, acting as an opposition force, or standing back from the fray. Adapted from the source document.