EU Views: Marija Bartl
Name: Marija Bartl
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation(s): Lecturer in Law at the University of Amsterdam; Research Fellow at Boston University within the project “Architecture of Post-national Rulemaking.”
Connection to Europe: European citizen; interdisciplinary research agenda focused on the legitimacy of market integration beyond the state (focused on the EU); awarded competitive personal research funding ‘VENI’ from the Dutch Research Council (250 000EUR) for the project “Bringing Democracy to Markets: The TTIP and the Politics of Knowledge in Postnational Governance.”
Date of interview: May 17, 2016
This episode is a conversation with Marija Bartl, a Dutch Lecturer in Law at the University of Amsterdam, about the polarization of Member States in regards to economic policy, and the urgent need for solidarity within the European Union in the restructuring and formation of institutions to address the monetary and social crises facing Europe today. She points out the lack of true democracy in Europe, and emphasizes the necessary establishment of a public sphere where citizens can Europeanize issues, coordinate appropriate responses, and reconsider commitments to each other to join in an open discourse about the Common Market. Bartl also discusses the mobilization of Europeans, across political and national boundaries, against the proposed TTIP, and how public demonstrations represent the power citizens have when committed to the principles of solidarity in actively influencing policy making decisions at the European level.