Non-fiction | Essay
Brussels, the Gentle Monster, or the Disenfranchisement of Europe

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Engl. (Ind.)

Brussels, the Gentle Monster, or the Disenfranchisement of Europe
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Translation: Martin Chalmers
Kolkata, Seagull Books 2011
81 pages

German

Sanftes Monster Brüssel oder Die Entmündigung Europas
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Berlin, Suhrkamp Verlag 2011
67 pages

In this essay, Hans Magnus Enzensberger deals with the European Union's excessive bureaucracy and love of rules. Although not sparing with his criticism, he also highlights the merits of the overarching idea of a united Europe, true to the motto: Well intended but poorly done.

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Translation sponsored by the Goethe-Institut

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