147 KB53 KB199420242012Tresch, Ankeletnik:19številka:3str. 59-74, 94ISSN:1318-3222COBISSID:31538013URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-6I3CTVEGenEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturoJavnost (Ljubljana)democracydemokracijaEuropeEvropajavna sferajavnostWhich European public sphere?| normative standards and empirical insights from multilingual Switzerland|Since the beginning of the 1990s, the EU has been increasingly criticised for its democratic deficit, which is intrinsically linked to the absence of a public sphere at the European level. Whereas scholars consider the emergence of such a public sphere as a necessary requirement for the democratisation of the EU, they disagree on the conceptualisation and normative requirements for a meaningful public sphere at the European level. This article takes an empirical perspective and draws on the nation-state context of multilingual Switzerland to get insights into what a European public sphere might realistically look like. Based on a content analysis of the leading quality paper from each German- and French-speaking Switzerland by means of political claims analysis, it shows that three of the most often cited criteria for a European public sphere - horizontal openness and interconnectedness, shared meaning structures, and inclusiveness - are hardly met in the Swiss context. On this basis, it concludes that the normative barrier for finding a European public sphere might be unrealistically high and should be reconsideredOd začetka devetdesetih je bila EU čedalje bolj kritizirana zaradi demokratičnega deficita, ki je bistveno povezan z odsotnostjo javne sfere na evropski ravni. Medtem ko raziskovalci soglašajo, da je nastanek takšne javne sfere nujni pogoj za demokratizacijo EU, pa se ne strinjajo glede pojmovanja in normativnih potrebnih pogojev za delujočo javno sfero na evropski ravni. Članek ponuja empiričen pogled in se opira na kontekst nacionalne države večjezične Švice za vpogled v to, kako bi lahko bila evropska javna sfera realistično videti. Analiza političnih trditev vodilnih časnikov nemško in francosko govorečih delov Švice kaže, da so v primeru Švice tri najpogosteje citirana merila za evropsko javno sfero - horizontalna odprtost in medsebojna povezanost, skupne pojmovne strukture in vključenost - komaj uveljavljena. Članek na podlagi tega zaključuje, da je normativna ovira v ugotavljanju evropske javne sfere morda postavljena nerealistično visoko in bi jo bilo treba ponovno premislitiTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturo - EURICOM