Collective memory - Francesco Spera

Francesco Spera, your research, at the University of Salento, in Lecce, looks, among other things, at the legal framework of the EU collective memory.

Yes, we all know that collective memory in the European Union has always been built on the ethical lessons of World War II. From the start, EU institutions have capitalised on a moral commitment to overcoming a traumatic past and promise a better future.

Accordingly, the foundations of European collective memory lie in the Holocaust. Through the late 1990s, national days of commemoration became more and more common across the member states, while already in 1993 and 1995, the European Parliament had passed two anti-discrimination resolutions, indicating an increasing focus on Holocaust commemoration.