Is European Union at the Heart of Citizens' Identity?
The departure point of many discussions on European identity is the idea that a political community needs a common set of values and references to ensure its coherence, to guide his actions and to endow these with legitimacy and meaning. The motto “unity in diversity” is generally seen as best de...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Danubius University
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Danubius: Juridica |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/juridica/article/view/840/751 |
| Summary: | The departure point of many discussions on European identity is the idea that a political
community needs a common set of values and references to ensure its coherence, to guide his actions
and to endow these with legitimacy and meaning. The motto “unity in diversity” is generally seen as
best describing the aims of the European Union; opinions differ widely as to ho
understood. That is why we will try to identify those values which brought the European countries
together almost 60 years ago. And we will continue to see, based on the Eurobarometers results,
which are the European citizens’ values and what European Union represents for them, in terms of
values. For that we will put together the items obtained in the
last five years and we will see in the end to which value European Union should pay more attention in the future. Even the surveys show
that European Union citizens continue to identify first of all with their own countries and we consider
it important to find an answer to the following question: Is European Union a community of shared
values? |
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| ISSN: | 1844-8062 2065-3891 |