Eurafrica tra sogni e speranze: problemi e prospettive di una fruttuosa collaborazione tra Europa e Africa

Eurafrica between dreams and hopes: problems and prospects for a fruitful collaboration between Europe and Africa

Abstract

The present essay proposes to analyse the Eurafrican perspective, starting from an historical point of view. Since the end of the Second World War, the European States – especially France, Germany, and Italy –, destroyed by the war effort, took a stance on the need of a united Europe. As time progressed, the European Union has had, on one side, to face internal problems, and on the other to look further from its own borders: in particular, to Africa. But the “dream” of Eurafrica – beyond the simple cooperation – could become reality only with an intense, deep, and productive collaboration between peoples of the two continents.