Is there a European identity?

This video defines one of the key concepts of the course: identity, and more specifically collective identities. It introduces the ideas of national identities and of European citizenship.

This video shows how the construction of a European identity is related to an effort to construct a political unity, as in the 1970’s, the member states of the European Economic Community wished to bring a symbolic component to the institutional framework they had built.

This video also points out some divisions that are commonly referred to with regards to European identities, between the North and the South, or between the East and the West.

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Can you think of other factors that bring together or pull apart Europeans?