A few thoughts on the EU after Jürgen Habermas. Key idea: The defense of a democratic public sphere, esp. against Big Tech, should be regarded today as one of the EU’s foremost tasks. For the EU, this offers a chance to prove its (dormant) democratic value.
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Markus Patberg considers Habermas’s contributions to the political theory of democracy in the EU, and the digital transformation of the public sphere.