Yini i-European Union? Uma ngesinye isikhathi kube khona umkhathizwe njengempendulo ecacile ebumbeni lomnotho, lwezepolitiki nolwezenhlalo, isikhathi besiphethe ukubhubhisa (noma okungenani ukubeka ukungabaza ukusebenza) kwezitatimende eziningi ezizothuthukiswa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Sishintshe kangaka? Okusungulwe ngentshiseko ethandwayo, inyunyana ezosenza siqine, kugcine sekucasula izingqinamba, ukungathembani, ukwehluleka kanye nokuhlaselwa okunentshisekelo yokunqanda uzinzo.
Futhi umbuzo omusha: Ungayibhala kanjani inoveli ngale nyunyana engajwayelekile ngesitayela somshado olula?
Into engcono kakhulu ongayenza ukuya enhliziyweni yeYurophu, eBrussels. Inhlokodolobha enesifiso sombhoshongo omusha waseBabele lapho ngamunye, ngolimi lwabo, ezama ukuphoqa owabo, kuthiwani ngolwami?
Futhi kulapha, eBrussels, lapho sisondela kwinqubo ebalulekile yaseYurophu ngolunye usuku esayine imishado yayo. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi kube ngenye indlela, sithola ukuthi le ndlela isebenza kanjani, kepha futhi sinikezwa nesamba esithandekayo sezindaba emagatsheni amahlanu.
Ukusebenza njengomuntu waseYurophu eBrussels kuyisimo esingajwayelekile esingenakubalwa, isivumelwano, uhlobo lomsebenzi ongasetshenziswanga osuka ezinkambisweni zawo kepha ungene ezinxushunxushwini.
Ngakho-ke, uRobert Menasse uyazuza kulokho kuzola kwaseBrussels esweni lesiphepho, lapho osopolitiki, abeluleki, ososayensi bezepolitiki nosomabhizinisi benza uhlobo lokuphila behlukene.
Ngokuthintwa okuhambisana kahle nale ndawo yomhlangano eyindida ebizwa ngeYurophu, uMenasse usebenzisa abalingiswa bakhe nezinhlelo zakhe ezinhlanu ezihlanganisiwe ukubhekana nakho konke kusuka kumuntu kuya kwezepolitiki, kusuka ezinseleleni ezinkulu kuya ezingxabanweni ezinkulu.
Kuyafisa ukwazi ukuthi iYurophu kwesinye isikhathi ibukeka ibola ngokomnotho kusuka ezintweni ezimbi ezifana neBrexit ngasikhathi sinye lapho ididizelwa ukuphikisana kobuzwe obufuna ukuvikela kanye nokwakha kabusha amaqiniso amakhulu kwezenhlalo nakwezombusazwe ngenkathi kuhlanganiswa kube yisethi ebanzi kakhulu efana yi-europe.
IYurophu ingenye yalezo ziphikiso ezinkulu ezingabhalwa ngazo izinkulungwane zezindaba. Okwamanje, ngiyakumema ukuthi ulahleke enhlokodolobha yase-Europe, idolobha eligcina umlingo wale Europe eyanda ngokuhlanya.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi The Capital, kaRobert Menasse, lapha: