MathieuSegers
Mathieu Segers taught me to look at Europe from above and below: through institutions and treaties, but also through cafés, literature and everyday life. A personal tribute to the thinker who made my European blind spots less blind.
MathieuSegers
Mathieu Segers leerde mij Europa van boven én van onder te bekijken: via instellingen en verdragen, maar ook via cafés, literatuur en het dagelijkse leven. Een persoonlijk eerbetoon aan de denker die mijn Europese blinde vlekken minder blind maakte.
The Architecture of Politics
Federalism is the political art of sharing power without erasing difference. From ancient leagues and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to Switzerland and the European Union, it asks one of democracy’s central questions: which decisions belong at which level - and how can we govern together?
Federalism
Two Latin words tell two radically different stories of political unity. Foedus means covenant or pact; fasces evokes rods bound around an axe. One joins communities through consent, the other through submission. Europe has experienced both models. Its future depends on remembering the difference.