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1 | Is There Really Such Thing as ‘European Values'? | Misy tokoa ve ny zavatra lazaina ho ‘Soatoavina Eoropeanina'? |
2 | Europe Day 2008: Participants at the Square of the European Promise. | Andron'i Eoropa 2008: Mpandray anjara ao amin'ny Kianjan'ny Fampanantenana Eoropeanina. |
3 | Photo: Sabitha Saul; published with permission | Saripika: Sabitha Saul; nahazoana alalana |
4 | The idea of “European values” is hardly new, but given November's deadly attacks in Paris and the stream of refugees arriving to the continent - and the concerning uptick in nationalism and xenophobia that has followed - the concept is seeing renewed discussion. | Tsy dia vaovao loatra intsony ny fisian'ny hevitra “soatoavina Eoropeanina”, saingy noho ny fisian'ny fanafihana nahafaty olona tamin'ny Novambra teo tao Parisy sy ny firohotan'ny olona tonga ao amin'ny kaontinanta - ary ny fiakatry ny nasionalisma sy ny fankahalam-bahiny mampanahy izay nanaraka izany - dia hita ho nampisy adihevitra indray ny tsirinkevitra. |
5 | Are there really a shared set of principles among the 28 member states of the European Union? | Misy ve ny fitsipika fototra iraisan'ny firenena 28 mpikambana ao amin'ny Vondrona Eoropeanina? |
6 | If so, what are they? | Koa raha misy izany dia inona avy izy ireo? |
7 | And is Europe living up to its own ideals? | Ary mbola mamelona ny idealiny manokana ve i Eoropa? |
8 | German blogger Johannes Korten and artist Jochen Gerz have teamed up to invite all Europeans to take part in a blog carnival on the very subject. | Nanangana ekipa ny bilaogera alemana Johannes Korten sy ny artista Jochen Gerz hanasana ny Eoropeanina rehetra handray anjara amin'ny diabem-pifaliana am-bilaogy amin'ity lohahevitra ity indrindra. |
9 | Korten writes: | Nanoratra i Korten: |
10 | These days, this idea is seriously being questioned. | Tao ho ao izay dia nifanontaniana indray ity hevitra ity. |
11 | It becomes more and more evident that the idea of an “official” Europe had been marked specially by financial and economic interests. | Mihamiharihary fa voamariky ny tombontsoa ara-bola sy ara-toekarena ny fisian'izany Eoropa “ofisialy” izany. |
12 | And as long as challenges and conflicts of interest could still be solved with money, the European idea seemed to be “OK”. | Ka raha mbola voavahan'ny vola ireo fanamby sy fifandroritan-tombontsoa izany dia mbola “ao tsara” izany hoe Eoropeana izany. |
13 | Now, hundreds of thousands of people are on their way to this very same Europe. | Ankehitriny, an'hetsiny ny olona an-dalana ho ao amin'izany Eoropa izany. |
14 | They flee from war, violence and terror or they flee from economic hardship, which often results from our own consumer behavior or geostrategic interests. | Mandositra ady, herisetra ary fampihorohoroana ry zareo na mandositra fahasarotam-piainana ara-toekarena, izay matetika vokatry ny fomba fanjifantsika na tombontsoantsika ara-jeostratejika. |
15 | The challenges provoked by this influx of people who search for peace and happiness in Europe cannot be solved solely with financial resources. | Tsy voavahan'ny loharanombola fotsiny irery ny fanamby ateraky ny firohotan'ny olona mitady fandriampahalemana sy fiadanana ao Eoropa. |
16 | Europe is rich enough to accommodate these people. | Ampy ny harenan'i Eoropa handraisana ireo olona ireo. |
17 | The challenges lie on quite different levels. | Any amin'ny ambaratonga hafa no mipetraka ny fanamby. |
18 | They are cultural. | Resaka kolontsaina. |
19 | They constitute a real test for what is often referred to as “European values” in major speeches, be it speeches for peace prices or for similar occasions. | Eo no tena itsapana ilay lazaina matetika ho “Soatoavina Eoropeanina” amin'ny kabary lehibe, na kabary itadiavam-pandriampahalemana izany na amin'ny antony hafa mitovitovy amin'izany. |
20 | Gerz is the artist behind the “Square of European Promise” in Bochum, Germany, due to be inaugurated on December 11, 2015. | Gerz ilay artista ao ambadiky ny “Kianjan'ny Fampanantenana Eoropeanina” ao Bochum, Alemaina, izay nokasaina hotokanana amin'ny 11 Desambra 2015. |
21 | He has dedicated the last decade to the creation of the square, in which 14,726 names of people who have made a promise to Europe will be inscribed. | Nanokana ny folo taona farany ho amin'ny famoronana ilay kianja izy, ka ao anatin'izany no hanoratana anaran'olona 14.726 nanao fampanantenana ho an'i Eoropa. |
22 | The individual commitments remain secret, but their names etched in the square represent the promise of a diverse, unified Europe. | Tazonina ho tsiambaratelo ny andraikitra nataon'ny tsirairay ho amin'izany, fa hanehoana ny fampanantenana an'ilay fimaroana tafatambatra an'i Eoropa ny anarany atao sokitra ao anaty kianja. |
23 | The starting point for the artist were two existing lists in the Christ Church, next to the square: one of 28 “enemies of Germany” from the year 1931 and another of the dead from the First World War. | Ny toera-piaingan'ilay artista dia lisitra roa efa misy ao amin'ny Fiangonan'i Kristy, eo ankilan'ny kianja: ny iray ahitana “fahavalon'i Alemaina” miisa 28 tamin'ny taona 1931 ary ny iray hafa amin'ny matin'ny Ady Lehibe Voalohany. |
24 | Gerz wanted to contrast these with a “list of the living”. | Tian'i Gerz ny hampifangarika azy ireo amin'ny “lisitry ny velona”. |
25 | Korten continues his prompt for the blog carnival with a set of questions that many people in Europe are pondering at the moment: | Tohizan'i Korten ny fientanany hanaovana diabem-pifaliana am-bilaogy amin'ireo andiam-panontaniana eritreretin'ny olona maro ao Eoropa amin'izao fotoana izao : |
26 | These days, we need to find the answers to urgent questions. | Tao ho ao izay dia mila mahita ny valin'ny fanontaniana maika isika. |
27 | Our policy needs to, but so does each and everyone of us. | Mila anaovana izany ny politikantsika, saingy tahaka izany ihany koa ny tsirairay sy isika rehetra. |
28 | What is our freedom worth to us? | Inona ny fahafahantsika sahaza ho antsika? |
29 | What is the others' freedom worth to us? | Inona ny fahafahan'ny hafa sahaza antsika? |
30 | Do we realize and appreciate our good fortune to live in democratic societies? | Tsapantsika sy ankafizintsika ve ny harena tsara ao amintsika miaina ao anaty fiarahamonina demôkraty? |
31 | What is our education worth to us? | Inona ny fanabeazantsika sahaza ho antsika? |
32 | Our culture, our cultures? How we deal with each other, in this Europe? | Ahoana ny ifandraisantsika amin'ny hafa, ao amin'ity Eoropa ity? |
33 | Is there still something like a common idea? | Mbola misy ve ny zavatra toy ny hevitra iraisana? |
34 | An idea of what this Europe could stand for, besides economic prosperity? | Hevitra mety ijoroan'ity Eoropa ity, ankilan'ny fanambinana ara-toekarena? |
35 | The initiators of the blog carnival want to start a dialogue on what Europe as a concept means to its citizens. | Tian'ny mpisantatra ny diabem-pifaliana am-bilaogy ny hanomboka fifanakalozan-kevitra amin'ny dikan'i Eoropa amin'ny maha-tsirinkevitra azy ho an'ny olompirenena ao aminy. |
36 | Learn more on how to participate by clicking here. | Fantaro bebe kokoa ny fomba handraisana anjara amin'izany amin'ny fitendrena an'ity. |