Title: What does it mean to be ‘European’? : The problems of constructing a pan-European identity
Abstract:Since the late 1980s the project of European integration based upon
the European Union and its antecedents has ceased to be confined to
Western Europe and Greece. Most European states are either member...Since the late 1980s the project of European integration based upon
the European Union and its antecedents has ceased to be confined to
Western Europe and Greece. Most European states are either members or
would-be members of the European Union, or else closely associated with
it. The rules, laws, institutions, procedures and policies of the European
Union increasingly provide the norms, frameworks and templates on which
not only the current members but also most of their neighbours base
their political, social, economic and environmental activities, rhetoric and
endeavours. Pan-European integration is thus passing from pious dream
to mundane reality. This raises crucial questions. Does pan-European integration require the construction of an overarching pan-European identity?
Can the European Union overcome Europe’s continuing East-West cultural divide and help liberate Central and East Europeans from the hazards
of ethnic and religious collectivism? And how far south and east should
this integrated Europe extend?Read More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-04-12
Language: en
Type: article
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