Identita nazionale e identita europea della Germania nel pensiero e nell'azione di Willy Brandt

In: Rivista di studi politici internazionali: RSPI, Band 68, Heft 3, S. 365-383

Abstract

Examines former Chancellor of Germany & Nobel Prize laureate Willy Brandt's ambition to portray Germany as a peacemaker & to normalize the situation of the Federal Republic (FRG) in Europe. Brandt's project to reconcile nationalist interests & the federalist/European inclination of the FRG was testimony to his dedication to European identity in the second half of the twentieth century. After discussing the question of "European formation" formulated by Brandt while living in exile, & later as the mayor of Berlin, the evolution of his agenda during his chancellorship (1969-1974) is outlined, noting his focus on European reconstruction & complimentary efforts at reconciliation/normalization with Eastern Germany. It is noted that the Chancellor anticipated a postnationalist period, in which the question of borders would be minimized & where the two Germanys would enter a new era of coexistence. J. Sadler