TO BE A EUROPEAN CITIZEN - EROS AND CIVILIZATION

This essay, the 1997 Jean Monnet Lecture at the London School of Econo mics, explores the relationship between nationality, democracy and Eur opean integration in the context of the debate on European citizenship . Citizenship, an integral part of the vocabulary of statehood, nation ality and peoplehood, seems to run into conflict with the very Telos o f European integration: a project which aims at a union among the dist inct peoples of Europe and not the creation of a new European people. And yet, absence of such a European demos undermines the democratic le gitimacy of the Union. This articles explores, inter alia, various mod els of multiple demoi as a way of addressing this conundrum. It also s uggests some ideas for enhancing the mechanics of transnational citize nship.