European ‘Culture Wars’… or More Politicisation in New Clothes? Actors and Battlegrounds of Political Conflicts in the EU.

Abstract

This panel aims to investigate the origins, scope, limits, and modalities of the so-called 'European culture wars”, acknowledging their use as a political and/or descriptive terms while also questioning their explanatory and normative value. Contributions will shed light on the extent to which current developments of conflicts within the EU (with a focus on Brussels' policy arenas and processes) are redefining identities, ideas, discourses, practices, and coalitions of actors and/or repackaging long-standing patterns. In other words, are these alleged “European culture wars” a critical juncture, a change in the degree and/or nature of dissensus, and/or the continuation of EU politicisation by other means?

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