Dealing with the Past: Memory and European Integration

Memory has become an object of dispute in the EU. Different groups and states do not have a full convergence of views and this raises the question as to whether the EU should or should not be involved. A pluralist conception of justice would argue that the recognition of memory is not excluded as a form of justice. Adopting this view, this paper argues that the recognition of memory can be addressed at the EU level if the different components of justice are allocated to the proper spheres (recognition, retribution and recognition) and levels (national and European).This paper was written thanks to a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education (Grant PR2010-0077) under the Programm for stances of senior professors and researchers in foreign research institutions.Peer reviewe