Nation State and Law from the Point of View of Republicanism

The idea of a "people's state" or a state of common values that protects its citizens from globalism and bureaucratic global organizations such as the EU and the WHO is becoming increasingly popular in the present-day philosophical and political discussions. This can be explained by the upward development of the Visegrad Four project and the popularity of Trumpism. In today's world of controversy over the right of the state to impose moral, cultural and religious values ​​in the context of multiculturalism or the inclusion of citizens in the law through deliberative democracy, it would be good to turn to this authoritative tradition. We can think of republicanism as a centuries-old philosophical-political conception and thought tradition that, with minor adjustments, can support good ideas for future political reforms. They can make people feel the state and democratic institutions as their own. In today's situation of global offensive of the elites against the rights of citizens, the republican values presuppose the consideration of the state as an important center of the democratic political life, protection of the national and cultural identity of their states. The basic ideas of democratic republicanism can be treated as close to conservative values and ideals. An important argument in opposition to liberalism is the belief that the state cannot become an arena in which individuals face in terms of access to goods and public positions, but an institution that unites for the benefit of all citizens. Republicanism may contain an element of nostalgia for the nation-state's past, but it is a source of faith in the possibilities of reforming it in the interests of the people.