The Spanish Intellectual Debate on the Future of the EU: Who Was Mobilized and with What Effects?

In: South European society & politics, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 82-96

Abstract

The accessibility & transparency of the Convention & its 'listening' to civil society stimulated the mobilization of intellectuals in Spain, but failed to reach out to society & the general public. The Convention also failed to mobilize new categories of intellectuals. Interaction took place mainly between academic & political elites, & the former contributed to shape the perceptions of politicians engaged in the Convention -- although not to a major extent. Spanish intellectuals contributed by framing debates within concepts & arguments broadly discussed throughout the European Union. 20 References. Adapted from the source document.