Europe's Existential Dilemma
| Author | Guy Mettan |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le continent perdu |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions des Syrtes |
Publication date | May 2019 |
| Publication place | Switzerland |
Published in English | 2021 |
| Pages | 262 |
| ISBN | 9782940628148 |
Europe's Existential Dilemma: To Be or Not to Be an American Vassal (French: Le continent perdu. Plaidoyer pour une Europe démocratique et souveraine, lit. 'The Lost Continent: A Plea for a Democratic and Sovereign Europe') is a 2019 book by the Swiss journalist and politician Guy Mettan. Clarity Press published it in English translation in 2021.[1]
Summary
Mettan examines what he regards as the major problems of contemporary Europe: the absence of democracy, a supremacy of economic interests over legal and political matters, ever expanding inefficient institutions, the inability to secure peace, and an increasingly encroaching subordination to the United States. Mettan portrays a possible European choice between increased irrelevance as an American vassal, or the creation of institutions that counter European decline, take advantage of China's challenge to American hegemony, and establish a democratic, sovereign and unified Europe.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Brand, Ulrich (2021). "Mettan, Guy, Europe's Existential Dilemma. To Be or Not to Be an American Vassal". Das Argument. 63 (3): 501–503. ISSN 0004-1157.
- ^ Berretta, Emmanuel (22 May 2019). "Et si l'Union européenne adhérait à la Suisse ?". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ Lenoir, Luc (1 July 2019). "Guy Mettan: «Si elle ne s'unit pas, l'Europe finira comme la Grèce antique»". FigaroVox (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ Werly, Richard (24 May 2019). "Sauver l'âme de l'Europe". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2025.